Nature's Principles - Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science 2005 edition

Marc Notes: Most of the papers were presented at the 5th Baltic Workshop on Logic and the Philosophy of Science held at Copenhagen May 24-27, 2001.--Preface.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: Aus den Rezensionen: " In einer gl nzenden Einleitung wird der historische, logische und philosophische Hintergrund der einzelnen Essays dargestellt. Wichtige Fragen werden von Ausnahmen und Randbedingungen aufgeworfen eine gl nzende Best tigung "(R diger Vaas, in: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau,2006, Vol. 59, Issue 10, S. 571 f.) Review Quotes: Aus den Rezensionen: " In einer gl nzenden Einleitung wird der historische, logische und philosophische Hintergrund der einzelnen Essays dargestellt. Wichtige Fragen werden von Ausnahmen und Randbedingungen aufgeworfen eine gl nzende Best tigung " (R diger Vaas, in: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau,2006, Vol. 59, Issue 10, S. 571 f.) Review Quotes: Aus den Rezensionen: " In einer glanzenden Einleitung wird der historische, logische und philosophische Hintergrund der einzelnen Essays dargestellt. Wichtige Fragen werden von Ausnahmen und Randbedingungen aufgeworfen eine glanzende Bestatigung " (Rudiger Vaas, in: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau,2006, Vol. 59, Issue 10, S. 571 f.) Table of Contents: Preface. Contributing Authors. Introduction; Jan Faye, Paul Needham, Uwe Scheffer and Max Urchs. Why are (most) laws of nature mathematical?; Mauro Dorato. How Nature Makes Sense; Jan Faye. Cartwright and Nowak on Laws and Explanation; Igor Hanzel. The Explanatory Virtues of Probabilistic Causal Laws; Henrik Hallsten. The Nature of Natural Laws; Lars-Goran Johansson. How the Ceteris Paribus Laws of Physics Lie; Geert Keil. Necessary Laws; Max Kistler. Laws of Nature - A Skeptical View; Uwe Meixner. The laws' properties; Johannes Persson. Laws of Nature versus System Laws; Gerhard Schurz. Psychologism, Universality and the Use of Logic; Werner Stelzner. Index."Review Quotes: Aus den Rezensionen: " In einer glanzenden Einleitung wird der historische, logische und philosophische Hintergrund der einzelnen Essays dargestellt. Wichtige Fragen werden von Ausnahmen und Randbedingungen aufgeworfen eine glanzende Bestatigung " (Rudiger Vaas, in: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau,2006, Vol. 59, Issue 10, S. 571 f.)"Publisher Marketing: 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.

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