| Description |
1 online resource (x, 422 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Philosophie und Wissenschaft ; Bd. 8
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Philosophie und Wissenschaft ; Bd. 8.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Laws of Nature -- Laws of Science / Friedel Weinert -- The Neo-Humean Perspective: Laws as Regularities / Norman Swartz -- The Necessitarian Perspective: Laws as Natural Entailments / Martin Leckey and John Bigelow -- The Skeptical Perspective: Science without Laws of Nature / Ronald Giere -- The Middle Ground: Resiliency and Laws in the Web of Belief / Brian Skyrms and Karl Lambert -- The New Aspect: Symmetries as Meta-Laws / Margaret Morrison -- Laws and Experiment / Allan Franklin -- Laws and Theories: Generality versus Coherence / Erhard Scheibe -- Laws and Chaos / Hermann Haken -- Algorithmic Compressibility, Fundamental and Phenomenological Laws / Paul Davies -- The Distinctness of Biology / Francisco Ayala -- Origins of Scientific "Law" / Jane Ruby -- Algamation of a Concept: Laws of Nature in the New Sciences / Friedrich Steinle -- Theory Bound and Unbound: Superstrings and Experiments / Peter Galison. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
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. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Weinert, Friedel, 1950-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Laws of nature. Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 1995 (DLC) 95013649 |
| ISBN |
9783110869859 (electronic book) |
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3110869853 (electronic book) |
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3110139189 (alkaline paper) |
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9783110139181 |
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