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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Nature's Principles | Jan Faye (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | xii | Englisch | 2010 | Springer | EAN 9789048168262 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - One of the most basic problems in the philosophy of science involves determining the extent to which nature is governed by laws. This volume presents a wide-ranging overview of the contemporary debate and includes some of its foremost participants. It begins with an extensive introduction describing the historical, logical and philosophical background of the problems dealt with in the essays. Among the topics treated in the essays is the relationship between laws of nature and causal laws as well as the role of ceteris paribus clauses in scientific explanations. Traditionally, the problem of the unity of science was intimately connected to the problem of understanding the unity of nature. This fourth volume of Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science tackles these problems as part of our consideration of the most fundamental aspects of scientific understanding.

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Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. There is no other volume that is so complete and that deals with Law from so many points of viewWritten by authors from various scientific backgroundsOffers the possibility to build a course, based on the introduction and the papers.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -One of the most basic problems in the philosophy of science involves determining the extent to which nature is governed by laws. This volume presents a wide-ranging overview of the contemporary debate and includes some of its foremost participants. It begins with an extensive introduction describing the historical, logical and philosophical background of the problems dealt with in the essays. Among the topics treated in the essays is the relationship between laws of nature and causal laws as well as the role of ceteris paribus clauses in scientific explanations. Traditionally, the problem of the unity of science was intimately connected to the problem of understanding the unity of nature. This fourth volume of Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science tackles these problems as part of our consideration of the most fundamental aspects of scientific understanding. 304 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Why Are (Most) Laws of Nature Mathematical .- How Nature Makes Sense.- Nancy Cartwright and Leszek Nowak on Scientific Laws and Scientific Explanation.- The Explanatory Virtues of Probabilistic Causal Laws.- The Nature of Natural Laws.- How the Ceteris Paribus Laws of Physics Lie.- Necessary Laws.- Laws of Nature - A Skeptical View.- The Laws' Properties.- Laws of Nature Versus System Laws.- Psychologism, Universality and the Use of Logic.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 304 pp. Englisch.