Natural Laws in Scientific Practice by Lange, Marc

Oxford University Press, USA, May 2000. Hardcover. New.

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Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Philosopher of science Marc Lange aims to develop a new account of the roles that laws of nature play in scientific reasoning (such as counterfactual conditionals, inductive projections, and scientific explanation) and what those roles

Oxford University Press, 2000-06-08. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardback. New. Philosopher of science Marc Lange aims to develop a new account of the roles that laws of nature play in scientific reasoning (such as counterfactual conditionals, inductive projections, and scientific explanation) and what those roles imply about the very nature of natural laws.

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-Oxford University Press (2000)-. First edition xvi+348 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in dustjacket. Laws of nature have long been thought to have special significance for aspects of scientific reasoning such as counterfactual conditionals, inductive projections, and scientific explanations. But the laws' distinctive roles in scientific reasoning have proved notoriously difficult to identify precisely, leading some philosophers even to suggest that there are no such roles. The aim of this book is to determine these roles and see what a law of nature must be in order for the laws to function as they do in scientific practice. Lange shows that the laws possess a uniquely broad range of invariance under counterfactual perturbations, a range that for the first time is characterised without appealing to the concept of a law. It is argued that the laws fail to supervene on the nonnomic facts, just as the rules governing chess fail to supervene on the moves made in a given actual game. It is also argued,… Read More