Causation and laws of nature / / Max Kistler |
Autore | Kistler Max |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 122 |
Collana | Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Causation
Philosophy of nature |
ISBN |
1-134-15067-9
1-134-15068-7 1-280-55301-4 9786610553013 0-203-96622-8 |
Classificazione |
5,1
CC 3200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. What is a causal relation?; 2. Laws of nature and universal generalizations; 3. Applicability conditions and the concept of ""strict law""; 4. Consequences; 5. The nomological theory of causation and causal responsibility; 6. Efficacious properties and the instantiation of laws; 7. Causal responsibility and its applications; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910765846403321 |
Kistler Max
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London : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
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Deduction, computation, experiment [[electronic resource] ] : exploring the effectiveness of proof / / Rossella Lupacchini, Giovanna Corsi (eds.) |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Springer, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina |
121.65
511.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CorsiGiovanna
LupacchiniRossella |
Soggetto topico |
Evidence
Logic |
ISBN |
1-281-79523-2
9786611795238 88-470-0784-4 |
Classificazione |
100
5,1 CC 3200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why Proof? What is a Proof? -- On Formal Proofs -- Toy Models in Physics and the Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics -- Experimental Methods in Proofs -- Proofs Verifying Programs and Programs Producing Proofs: A Conceptual Analysis -- The Logic of the Weak Excluded Middle: A Case Study of Proof-Search -- Automated Search for Gödel’s Proofs -- Proofs as Efficient Programs -- Quantum Combing -- Proofs instead of Meaning Explanations: Understanding Classical vs Intuitionistic Mathematics from the Outside -- Proof as a Path of Light -- Computability and Incomputability of Differential Equations -- Phenomenology of Incompleteness: From Formal Deductions to Mathematics and Physics. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782097503321 |
Berlin ; ; New York, : Springer, c2008 | ||
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Deduction, computation, experiment : exploring the effectiveness of proof / / Rossella Lupacchini, Giovanna Corsi (eds.) |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2008.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Springer, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina |
121.65
511.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CorsiGiovanna
LupacchiniRossella |
Soggetto topico |
Evidence
Logic |
ISBN |
1-281-79523-2
9786611795238 88-470-0784-4 |
Classificazione |
100
5,1 CC 3200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Why Proof? What is a Proof? -- On Formal Proofs -- Toy Models in Physics and the Reasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics -- Experimental Methods in Proofs -- Proofs Verifying Programs and Programs Producing Proofs: A Conceptual Analysis -- The Logic of the Weak Excluded Middle: A Case Study of Proof-Search -- Automated Search for Gödel’s Proofs -- Proofs as Efficient Programs -- Quantum Combing -- Proofs instead of Meaning Explanations: Understanding Classical vs Intuitionistic Mathematics from the Outside -- Proof as a Path of Light -- Computability and Incomputability of Differential Equations -- Phenomenology of Incompleteness: From Formal Deductions to Mathematics and Physics. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810094903321 |
Berlin ; ; New York, : Springer, c2008 | ||
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In the wake of chaos [[electronic resource] ] : unpredictable order in dynamical systems / / Stephen H. Kellert |
Autore | Kellert Stephen H |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 003/.7 |
Collana | Science and its conceptual foundations |
Soggetto topico |
Chaotic behavior in systems
Science - Philosophy |
Soggetto non controllato | system theory physics, chaos, dynamical systems, science, popular culture, randomness, philosophy, chaotic models, business cycles, brainwaves, heart attacks, new research, phenomena, philosophical questions, intellectual reasoning, meaning, knowledge, behavior, determinism, clockwork hegemony, dynamic understanding, scientific implications |
ISBN |
1-283-05831-6
9786613058317 0-226-42982-2 |
Classificazione | CC 3200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. What Is Chaos Theory? -- 2. Varieties of the Impossible -- 3. Unpeeling the Layers of Determinism -- 4. On the Way to Dynamic Understanding -- 5. Beyond the Clockwork Hegemony -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785588303321 |
Kellert Stephen H
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1993 | ||
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In the wake of chaos : unpredictable order in dynamical systems / / Stephen H. Kellert |
Autore | Kellert Stephen H |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1993 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 003/.7 |
Collana | Science and its conceptual foundations |
Soggetto topico |
Chaotic behavior in systems
Science - Philosophy |
Soggetto non controllato | system theory physics, chaos, dynamical systems, science, popular culture, randomness, philosophy, chaotic models, business cycles, brainwaves, heart attacks, new research, phenomena, philosophical questions, intellectual reasoning, meaning, knowledge, behavior, determinism, clockwork hegemony, dynamic understanding, scientific implications |
ISBN |
1-283-05831-6
9786613058317 0-226-42982-2 |
Classificazione | CC 3200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. What Is Chaos Theory? -- 2. Varieties of the Impossible -- 3. Unpeeling the Layers of Determinism -- 4. On the Way to Dynamic Understanding -- 5. Beyond the Clockwork Hegemony -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807789903321 |
Kellert Stephen H
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 1993 | ||
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Laws of nature [[electronic resource] ] : essays on the philosophical, scientific and historical dimensions / / edited by Friedel Weinert |
Edizione | [Reprint 2010] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WeinertFriedel <1950-> |
Collana | Philosophie und Wissenschaft |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Philosophy
Philosophy and science Nature |
ISBN | 3-11-086985-3 |
Classificazione | CC 3200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785836303321 |
Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 1995 | ||
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Laws of nature : essays on the philosophical, scientific and historical dimensions / / edited by Friedel Weinert |
Edizione | [Reprint 2010] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 1995 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WeinertFriedel <1950-> |
Collana | Philosophie und Wissenschaft |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Philosophy
Philosophy and science Nature |
ISBN | 3-11-086985-3 |
Classificazione | CC 3200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825185803321 |
Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 1995 | ||
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Living within limits [[electronic resource] ] : a scientific search for truth / / Kenneth M. Merz, Sr |
Autore | Merz Kenneth M. <1922-2007.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Pub., c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 121 |
Soggetto topico |
Truth
Science - Philosophy |
ISBN |
9786611793739
1-281-79373-6 0-87586-587-9 |
Classificazione |
5,1
CC 3200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Limits -- pt. 2. Aspects of physical reality -- pt. 3. Aspects of biological reality. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782796003321 |
Merz Kenneth M. <1922-2007.>
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Living within limits : a scientific search for truth / / Kenneth M. Merz, Sr |
Autore | Merz Kenneth M. <1922-2007.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Algora Pub., c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 121 |
Soggetto topico |
Truth
Science - Philosophy |
ISBN |
9786611793739
1-281-79373-6 0-87586-587-9 |
Classificazione |
5,1
CC 3200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Limits -- pt. 2. Aspects of physical reality -- pt. 3. Aspects of biological reality. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816489403321 |
Merz Kenneth M. <1922-2007.>
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New York, : Algora Pub., c2008 | ||
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Quantum philosophy [[electronic resource] ] : understanding and interpreting contemporary science / / Roland Omnès ; translated by Arturo Sangalli |
Autore | Omnès Roland |
Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 530/.01 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SangalliArturo |
Soggetto topico |
Physics - Philosophy
Mathematics - Philosophy Science - Philosophy Quantum theory |
ISBN |
1-4008-1740-4
1-4008-2286-6 1-4008-1288-7 |
Classificazione | CC 3200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prelude -- PART ONE. THE LEGACY -- PART TWO. THE FRACTURE -- PART THREE. FROM FORMAL BACK TO VISUAL: THE QUANTUM CASE -- PART FOUR. STATE OF THE QUESTION AND PERSPECTIVES -- Glossary -- Name Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780058303321 |
Omnès Roland
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1999 | ||
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