Laws of Nature
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Word Count
94,000 words, Guess
Page Count
376 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9055202M
- ISBN-139783540240792
- ISBN-103540240799
- OCLC Control Number61132912
- OCLC Control Numberlawsnature00mitt
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005927735
- Goodreads7199704
- LibraryThing4608040
Classifications
- LCCK460 .M58 2005
Description
The book is concerned with the laws of nature and in particular with the laws of physics. The authors discuss three important questions: First, whether the observed regularities are based on strict "laws of nature" that hold rigorously and without any exception. Second, what we call a "law of nature" is studied by comparing this concept with invariance principles, causality principles, teleological principles and means of predicting future events. Finally, on the basis of these investigations the authors treat the ambitious and intricate third question, why the laws of nature hold. Are there rational reasons for this largely unexplained phenomenon? This book addresses students as well as researchers. It will be an excellent reference for those interested in the philosophical foundations of the natural sciences.
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