Natural Laws in Scientific Practice

by Marc Lange

2020-11-24 18:13:51

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. Thi... Read more
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 rolesthat natural laws play in connection with counterfactual conditionals, inductive projections, and scientific explanations, and of what the laws must be in order for them to be capable of playing these roles. Particular attention is given to laws of special sciences, levels of scientific explanation,natural kinds, ceteris-paribus clauses, and physically necessary non-laws. Less

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File size9.25 X 6.13 X 0.68 in
Print pages352
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date May 30, 2007
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780195331332

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