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Author: Stephen Mumford (University of Nottingham) ,
Matthew Tugby (University of Birmingham)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.534kg
ISBN: 9780199674527
ISBN 10: 0199674523
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 27 June 2013
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The editors of the volume under review have certainly done a great work by compiling some fruitful and novel contributions to our understanding of issues such as the aim and scope of the metaphysics of science, laws of nature, causation, and natural kinds, which are amongst the most heatedly discussed topics in the arena. ... I strongly recommend the volume to both scientists and philosophers as an engaging, thoroughly informed collection of papers on the current state of the metaphysics of science debate. It represents a valuable contribution to the everincreasing literature and may help to motivate new and fruitful investigations. * Cristian Soto, Metascience *
The editors of the volume under review have certainly done a great work by compiling some fruitful and novel contributions to our understanding of issues such as the aim and scope of the metaphysics of science, laws of nature, causation, and natural kinds, which are amongst the most heatedly discussed topics in the arena. ... I strongly recommend the volume to both scientists and philosophers as an engaging, thoroughly informed collection of papers on the current state of the metaphysics of science debate. It represents a valuable contribution to the everincreasing literature and may help to motivate new and fruitful investigations. Cristian Soto, Metascience
Author Information
Stephen Mumford is Professor of Metaphysics in the Department of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author of Dispositions (OUP, 1998), Russell on Metaphysics (Routledge, 2003), Laws in Nature (Routledge, 2004), David Armstrong (Acumen, 2007), Watching Sport: Aesthetics, Ethics and Emotions (Routledge, 2011), and Getting Causes from Powers (OUP, 2011) with Rani Lill Anjum). He was editor of George Molnar's posthumous Powers: a Study in Metaphysics (OUP, 2003). Matthew Tugby is Teaching Fellow at the University of Birmingham. Previously, he worked as Doctoral Researcher on the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council's Metaphysics of Science Project, based at the University of Nottingham. He has since published on the topic of dispositions and works on a range of issues at the intersection of metaphysics and the philosophy of science.
