Laws of Nature : : Essays on the Philosophical, Scientific and Historical Dimensions / / ed. by Friedel Weinert.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Philosophy 1990 - 1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011] ©1995 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Edition: | Reprint 2010 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Philosophie und Wissenschaft : Transdisziplinäre Studien ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (776 p.) |
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Other title: | I-X -- I. Introduction -- Laws of Nature – Laws of Science -- II. Philosophical Views -- The Neo-Humean Perspective: Laws as Regularities -- The Necessitarian Perspective: Laws as Natural Entailments -- The Skeptical Perspective: Science without Laws of Nature -- The Middle Ground: Resiliency and Laws in the Web of Belief -- The New Aspect: Symmetries as Meta-Laws -- III. Scientific Views -- Laws and Experiment -- Laws and Theories: Generality versus Coherence -- Laws and Chaos -- Algorithmic Compressibility, Fundamental and Phenomenological Laws -- The Distinctness of Biology -- IV. Historical Views -- Origins of Scientific “Law” -- Algamation of a Concept: Laws of Nature in the New Sciences -- Theory Bound and Unbound: Superstrings and Experiments -- List of Contributors -- Subject Index -- Names Index |
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Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110869859 9783110636901 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110869859 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Friedel Weinert. |