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Natural laws in scientific practice /
It is often presumed that the laws of nature have special significance for scientific reasoning. But the laws' distinctive roles have proven notoriously difficult to identify--leading some philosophers to question if they hold such roles at all. This study offers original accounts of the roles...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Symbols; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THE RELATION OF LAWS TO COUNTERFACTUALS; 3 WHY ARE THE LAWS OF NATURE SO IMPORTANT TO SCIENCE (I)?; 4 INDUCTIVE CONFIRMABILITY AND PHYSICAL NECESSITY; 5 WHY ARE THE LAWS OF NATURE SO IMPORTANT TO SCIENCE (II)?; 6 LAWS, REGULARITIES, AND PROVISOS; 7 THE ROOT COMMITMENT; 8 THE AUTONOMY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES AND LEVELS OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION; Afterword; Notes; References; Index.