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1 online resource (xvi, 348 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Symbols; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE RELATION OF LAWS TO COUNTERFACTUALS; 3 WHY ARE THE LAWS OF NATURE SO IMPORTANT TO SCIENCE (I)?; 4 INDUCTIVE CONFIRMABILITY AND PHYSICAL NECESSITY; 5 WHY ARE THE LAWS OF NATURE SO IMPORTANT TO SCIENCE (II)?; 6 LAWS, REGULARITIES, AND PROVISOS; 7 THE ROOT COMMITMENT; 8 THE AUTONOMY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES AND LEVELS OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION; Afterword; Notes; References; Index. |
| Summary |
It is often presumed that the laws of nature have special significance for scientific reasoning. But the laws' distinctive roles have proven notoriously difficult to identify--leading some philosophers to question if they hold such roles at all. This study offers original accounts of the roles that natural laws play in connection with counterfactual conditionals, inductive projections, and scientific explanations, and of what the laws must be in order for them to be capable of playing these roles. Particular attention is given to laws of special sciences, levels of scientific explanation, natu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Science -- Philosophy. |
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Philosophy and science.
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Philosophy and science. |
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Nature.
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Nature. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lange, Marc, 1963- Natural laws in scientific practice. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2000 0195131487 9780195131482 (DLC) 99038157 (OCoLC)41674421 |
| ISBN |
9780195351255 (electronic book) |
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0195351258 (electronic book) |
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