Natural Laws in Scientific Practice

Natural Laws in Scientific Practice
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9780195351255
ISBN-13 : 0195351258
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Book Synopsis Natural Laws in Scientific Practice by : Marc Lange

Download or read book Natural Laws in Scientific Practice written by Marc Lange and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-08 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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