Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Baltic Workshop on Logic and Philosophy of Science (5 ; 2001 ; Copenhagen, Denmark)
Titre(s) : Nature's principles [Texte électronique] / edited by Jan Faye [and others]
Publication : Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, cop. 2005
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xii, 292 pages)
Collection : Logic, epistemology, and the unity of science ; v. 4
Note(s) : Most of the papers were presented at the 5th Baltic Workshop on Logic and the Philosophy
of Science held at Copenhagen, May 24-27, 2001. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record.
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
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Faye, Jan (1947-....). Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Philosophie de la nature
Philosophie
Sciences -- Philosophie
Sciences sociales
Sciences humaines
Indice(s) Dewey :
113 (23e éd.) = Cosmologie (philosophie de la nature)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781402032585
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446569648
Notice n° :
FRBNF44656964
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Why are (most) laws of nature mathematical? / Mauro Dorato ; How nature makes sense
/ Jan Faye ; Cartwright and Nowack on laws and explanation / Igor Hanzel ; The explanatory
virtues of probabilistic causal laws / Henrik Hållsten ; The nature of natural laws
/ Lars-Göran Johansson ; How the ceteris paribus laws of physics lie / Geert Keil
; Necessary laws / Max Kistler ; Laws of nature: a skeptical view / Uwe Meixner
; The laws' properties / Johannes Persson ; Laws of nature versus system laws /
Gerhard Schurz ; Psychologism, universality and the use of logic / Werner Stelzner.