Natural Laws in Scientific Practice
Author:   Marc Lange (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780195331332


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   04 October 2007
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Natural Laws in Scientific Practice


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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 that 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.

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Author:   Marc Lange (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.003kg
ISBN:  

9780195331332


ISBN 10:   0195331338
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   04 October 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: The Relation of Laws to Counterfactuals 3: Why are the Laws of Nature So Importance 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

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