The current philosophical consensus is that science searches for mechanisms. This book re-evaluates central features of this consensus arguing that mechanism as used in scientific practice is a methodological concept, which implies no deep metaphys...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 23-Jun-2022, Hardback, Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781316519905)
In recent years what has come to be called the New Mechanism has emerged as a framework for thinking about the philosophical assumptions underlying many areas of science, especially in sciences such as biology, neuroscience, and psychology. This bo...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 18-Feb-2021, Hardback, Leidėjas: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198869528)
Causal powers are returning to the forefront of realist philosophy of science. Once central features of philosophical thinking about the natures of substances and causes, they were banished during the early modern era and the Scientific Revolution. I...Daugiau...
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science is an indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science. It contains sixty-two specially commissioned entries by a leading...Daugiau...
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Science is an indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science. It contains sixty-two specially commissioned entries by a leading...Daugiau...
Ši knyga nebeleidžiama, tačiau mes Jums pranešime naudoto egzemplioriaus kainą
This indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science contains fifty-five specially commissioned entries by a leading team of international contributors. Organized into four parts...Daugiau...
Ši knyga nebeleidžiama, tačiau mes Jums pranešime naudoto egzemplioriaus kainą
This indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of science contains fifty-five specially commissioned entries by a leading team of international contributors. Organized into four parts...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 28-Mar-2007, Hardback, Leidėjas: Edinburgh University Press, ISBN-13: 9780748622146)
An alphabetically arranged guide to the philosophy of science.While philosophy of science has always been an integral part of philosophy, since the beginning of the twentieth century it has developed its own structure and its fair share of te...Daugiau...
Gives accounts of key positions, concepts, arguments and figures in the philosophy of science. This book aids understanding of contemporary debates, explains their historical development and connects them with broader philosophical issues. It feature...Daugiau...
In the section on laws of nature, Psillos considers both the regularity view of laws and laws as relations among universals as well as alternative approaches to laws. In the final section on explanation he examines in detail the issues arising f...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 13-Mar-2003, Hardback, Leidėjas: McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN-13: 9780773524675)
In the section on laws of nature, Psillos considers both the regularity view of laws and laws as relations among universals as well as alternative approaches to laws. In the final section on explanation he examines in detail the issues arising f...Daugiau...
What is the nature of causation? How is causation linked with explanation? And can there be an adequate theory of explanation? These questions and many others are addressed in this examination of the philosophical problems surrounding causation, laws...Daugiau...
What is the nature of causation? How is causation linked with explanation? And can there be an adequate theory of explanation? These questions and many others are addressed in this unified and rigorous examination of the philosophical problems surrou...Daugiau...
Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it . In his book, Stathis Psillos gives us a detailed and comprehensive study which restores t...Daugiau...
Scientific realism is the optimistic view that modern science is on the right track: that the world really is the way our best scientific theories describe it . In his book, Stathis Psillos gives us a detailed and comprehensive study which restores t...Daugiau...
