Nature's Principles (Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science)
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Contributions
- Jan Faye (Editor) - Contributor
- Paul Needham (Editor) - Contributor
- Uwe Scheffler (Editor) - Contributor
- Max Urchs (Editor) - Contributor
Publication
2005-07-22 - Springer
Language
English
Word Count
73,000 words, Guess
Page Count
292 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivenaturesprinciple00faye
- ISBN-101402032579
- ISBN-139781402032578
- LibraryThing4605578
- Goodreads1881648
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- Library of Congress Control Number2005283177
- OCLC Control Number60846363
- Better World Books9781402032578
- Open LibraryOL11634021M
Classifications
- LCCBD581 .B35 2001
- LCCQ174-175.3
Description
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.
First Sentence
Descartes envisaged an infinite universe in which order could no longer be described, as Aristotle had done, with reference to a unique point at the centre, but depended entirely upon the idea of following universal laws.
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