Laws of Nature : : Essays on the Philosophical, Scientific and Historical Dimensions / / ed. by Friedel Weinert.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Philosophy 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Ayala, Francisco,; Bigelow, John,; Davies, Paul,; Franklin, Allan,; Galison, Peter,; Giere, Ronald,; Haken, Hermann,; Lambert, Karl,; Leckey, Martin,; Morrison, Margaret,; Ruby, Jane,; Scheibe, Erhard,; Skyrms, Brian,; Steinle, Friedrich,; Swartz, Norman,; Weinert, Friedel,
• HerausgeberIn: Weinert, Friedel,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophie und Wissenschaft : Transdisziplinäre Studien ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (776 p.)
• 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
• 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.