Laws in nature / / Stephen Mumford
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| Autore: |
Mumford Stephen
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| Titolo: |
Laws in nature / / Stephen Mumford
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (247 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 117.22 |
| Soggetto topico: | Law (Philosophical concept) |
| Power (Philosophy) | |
| Philosophy of nature | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-224) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Laws in science and philosophy; Humean lawlessness; The lawless world; Regularities and best systems; Hume's argument; Nomological realism; The nomological argument; Natural necessitation relations; Necessitarian essentialism; Realist lawlessness; Are natural laws a natural kind?; The Central Dilemma; Modal properties; Objections and replies; Conclusion: law and metaphor; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Mumford outlines a major new theory of natural laws. His book begins with the question of whether there are any genuinely law-like phenomena in nature. The discussion addresses questions currently being debated by metaphysicians such as whether the laws of nature are necessary or contingent and whether a property can be identified independently of its causal role. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Laws in nature |
| ISBN: | 1-134-38650-8 |
| 0-203-35420-6 | |
| 1-134-38651-6 | |
| 1-280-05301-1 | |
| 0-203-45842-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910953563703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy ; ; 18.