Ceterus Paribus Laws
Author:   John Earman ,  Clark Glymour ,  Sandra Mitchell
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
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9789048161737


Pages:   174
Publication Date:   09 October 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Natural and social sciences seem very often, though usually only implicitly, to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses - a practice which is philosophically very hard to understand because such clauses seem to render the laws trivial and unfalsifiable. After early worries the issue is vigorously discussed in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mind since ca. 15 years. This volume collects the most prominent philosophers of science in the field and presents a lively, controversial, but well-integrated, highly original and up-to-date discussion of the issue. It will be the reference book in the coming years concerning ceteris paribus laws.

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Author:   John Earman ,  Clark Glymour ,  Sandra Mitchell
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.320kg
ISBN:  

9789048161737


ISBN 10:   9048161738
Pages:   174
Publication Date:   09 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Editorial; J. Earman, C. Glymour, S. Mitchell. Ceteris Paribus Lost; J. Earman, J. Roberts, S. Smith. There is No Such Thing as a Ceteris Paribus Law; J. Woodward. Ceteris Paribus An Inadequate Representation for Biological Contingency; S.D. Mitchell. Ceteris Paribus Laws: Classification and Deconstruction; G. Schurz. Laws, Ceteris Paribus Conditions, and the Dynamics of Belief; W. Spohn. A Semantics and Methodology for Ceteris Paribus Hypothesis; C. Glymour. Who's Afraid of Ceteris Paribus Laws? Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Them; M. Lange. In Favor of Laws that are Not Ceteris Paribus After All; N. Cartwright. Cartwright on Explanation and Idealization; M. Elgin, E. Sober.

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