Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

This volume offers a broad, philosophical discussion on mechanical explanations. Coverage ranges from historical approaches and general questions to physics and higher-level sciences . The contributors also consider the topics of complexity, emergence, and reduction. Mechanistic explanations detail how certain properties of a whole stem from the causal activities of its parts. This kind of explanation is in particular employed in explanatory models of the behavior of complex systems. Often used in biology and neuroscience, mechanistic explanation models have been often overlooked in the philosophy of physics. The authors correct this surprising neglect. They trace these models back to their origins in physics. The papers present a comprehensive historical, methodological, and problem-oriented investigation. The contributors also investigate the conditions for using models of mechanistic explanations in physics. The last papers make the bridge from physics to economics, the theory of complex systems and computer science . This book will appeal to graduate students and researchers with an interest in the philosophy of science, scientific explanation, complex systems, models of explanation in physics higher level sciences, and causal mechanisms in science.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	European Studies in Philosophy of Science, 11
Release date:	September 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Brigitte Falkenburg • Gregor Schiemann
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-010706-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Philosophy of mathematics Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > Mathematical theory of computation Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > General Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > Mechanics of solids > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-010706-X
Barcode:	9783030107062

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