The Dappled World
A Study of the Boundaries of Science
(Sprache: Englisch)
This important and innovative collection of essays argues for a patchwork of laws of nature.
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This important and innovative collection of essays argues for a patchwork of laws of nature.Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Dappled World “
Introduction; Part I. Where Do Laws of Nature Come From?: 1. Fundamentalism versus the patchwork of laws; 2. Fables and models; 3. Nomological machines and the laws they produce; Part II. Laws and their Limits: 4. Aristotelian natures and the modern experimental method; 5. Causal diversity, causal stability; 6. Ceteris paribus laws and the socio-economic machines; 7. Probability machines: chance set-ups and economic models; Part III. The Boundaries of Quantum and Classical Physics and the Territories they Share: 8. How bridge principles set the domain of quantum theory; 9. How quantum and classical theories relate.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Nancy Cartwright
- 260 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 22,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521644119
- ISBN-13: 9780521644112
- Erscheinungsdatum: 23.09.1999
Sprache:
Englisch
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'Written with a literary sensitivity, knocks numerous nails square on the head ... provides a wonderful antidote to the abundant quack-medicine views of what science is and an excellent example of progress in philosophical thought.' Times Higher Education Supplement
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