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Readings on Laws of Nature.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: PIttsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (295 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822980094
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Readings on Laws of NatureDDC classification:
  • 501
LOC classification:
  • Q175
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction / John W. Carroll -- 1. Laws of Nature / Fred I. Dretske -- 2. The Nature of Laws / Michael Tooley -- 3. Do the Laws of Physics State the Facts? / Nancy Cartwright -- 4. Confirmation and the Nomological / Frank Jackson and Robert Pargetter -- 5. Induction, Explanation, and Natural Necessity / John Foster -- 6. Armstrong on Laws and Probabilities / Bas C. Van Fraassen -- 7. Confirmation and Law-likeness / Elliott Sober -- 8. The World as One of a Kind: Natural Necessity and Laws of Nature / John Bigelow, Brian Ellis, and Caroline Lierse -- 9. Natural Laws and the Problem of Provisos / Marc Lange -- 10. Humean Supervenience / Barry Loewer -- 11. Ceteris Paribus, There Is No Problem of Provisos / John Earman and John Roberts -- 12. The Non-Governing Conception of Laws of Nature / Helen Beebee -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The first anthology to offer a contemporary overview of the problem of laws--an area of study that has become increasingly central to the philosophy of science. The book covers a broad range of views, and consists exclusively of articles that have proven to be influential.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction / John W. Carroll -- 1. Laws of Nature / Fred I. Dretske -- 2. The Nature of Laws / Michael Tooley -- 3. Do the Laws of Physics State the Facts? / Nancy Cartwright -- 4. Confirmation and the Nomological / Frank Jackson and Robert Pargetter -- 5. Induction, Explanation, and Natural Necessity / John Foster -- 6. Armstrong on Laws and Probabilities / Bas C. Van Fraassen -- 7. Confirmation and Law-likeness / Elliott Sober -- 8. The World as One of a Kind: Natural Necessity and Laws of Nature / John Bigelow, Brian Ellis, and Caroline Lierse -- 9. Natural Laws and the Problem of Provisos / Marc Lange -- 10. Humean Supervenience / Barry Loewer -- 11. Ceteris Paribus, There Is No Problem of Provisos / John Earman and John Roberts -- 12. The Non-Governing Conception of Laws of Nature / Helen Beebee -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

The first anthology to offer a contemporary overview of the problem of laws--an area of study that has become increasingly central to the philosophy of science. The book covers a broad range of views, and consists exclusively of articles that have proven to be influential.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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