Laws of nature [[electronic resource] ] : essays on the philosophical, scientific and historical dimensions / / edited by Friedel Weinert

• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 1995
• Edizione: Reprint 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (432 p.)
• Disciplina: 501
• Soggetto topico: Science - Philosophy; Philosophy and science; Nature
• Classificazione: CC 3200
• Altri autori: WeinertFriedel <1950->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- I. Introduction -- Laws of Nature - Laws of Science / Weinert, Friedel -- II. Philosophical Views -- The Neo-Humean Perspective: Laws as Regularities / Swartz, Norman -- The Necessitarian Perspective: Laws as Natural Entailments / Leckey, Martin / Bigelow, John -- The Skeptical Perspective: Science without Laws of Nature / Giere, Ronald -- The Middle Ground: Resiliency and Laws in the Web of Belief / Skyrms, Brian / Lambert, Karl -- The New Aspect: Symmetries as Meta-Laws / Morrison, Margaret -- III. Scientific Views -- Laws and Experiment / Franklin, Allan -- Laws and Theories: Generality versus Coherence / Scheibe, Erhard -- Laws and Chaos / Haken, Hermann -- Algorithmic Compressibility, Fundamental and Phenomenological Laws / Davies, Paul -- The Distinctness of Biology / Ayala, Francisco -- IV. Historical Views -- Origins of Scientific "Law" / Ruby, Jane -- Algamation of a Concept: Laws of Nature in the New Sciences / Steinle, Friedrich -- Theory Bound and Unbound: Superstrings and Experiments / Galison, Peter -- List of Contributors -- Subject Index -- Names Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Laws of Nature
• Titolo autorizzato: Laws of nature
• ISBN: 3-11-086985-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785836303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Philosophie und Wissenschaft