Scientific Realism and Laws of Nature: A Metaphysics of Causal Powers
This book addresses central issues in the philosophy and metaphysics of science, namely the nature of scientific theories, their partial truth, and the necessity of scientific laws within a moderate realist and empiricist perspective. Accordingly, good arguments in favour of the existence of unobser...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
| Series: | Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. What is a scientific theory?
- 2. Scientific realism: what is at stake?
- 3. Scientific realism: a defence
- 4. The categorical conceptions of laws
- 5. A dualist metaphysics of nature
- General conclusion
- References
- Name index
- Subject index