Causation and Laws of Nature (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1999)

Causation and Laws of Nature is a collection of articles which represents current research on the metaphysics of causation and laws of nature, mostly by authors working in or active in the Australasian region. The book provides an overview of current work on the theory of causation, including counterfactual, singularist, nomological and causal process approaches. It also covers work on the nature of laws of nature, with special emphasis on the scientific essentialist theory that laws of nature are, at base, the fundamental dispositions or capacities of natural kinds of things. Because the book represents a good cross-section of authors currently working on these themes in the Australasian region, it conveys something of the interest and excitement of an active philosophical debate between advocates of several different research programmes in the area.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 14
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	1999
Editors:	H. Sankey
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	359
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1999
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-5303-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
LSN:	90-481-5303-4
Barcode:	9789048153039

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