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Physics Avoidance : and other essays in conceptual strategy.

Mark Wilson explores our strategies for understanding the world. We frequently cannot reason about nature in the straightforward manner we anticipate, but must use alternative thought processes that reach useful answers in opaque and roundabout ways; and philosophy must find better descriptive tools...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:	Libro Electrónico
Autor principal:	Wilson, Mark
Formato:	Electrónico eBook
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2017.
Temas:	Science > Philosophy. Science > Philosophy
Acceso en línea:	Texto completo

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Physics Avoidance: Essays in Conceptual Strategy
Copyright
Dedication
SUMMARY CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments
1: PragmaticsÂ ́Place at the Table: Lessons from Multiscalar Science
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(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
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(xi)
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2: Physics Avoidance
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3: From the Bending of Beams to the Problem of Free Will
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(vi)
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4: Two Cheers For Anti-Atomism(i)
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(ix)
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(xi)
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5: The Greediness of Scales
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6: Believers in The Land of Glory
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7: Is There Life in Possible Worlds?
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8: Semantic Mimicry
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(V)(vi)
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9: A Second PilgrimÂś Progress
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Physics Avoidance : and other essays in conceptual strategy.

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