Natural Laws in Scientific Practice (Paperback)

It is often presumed that the laws of nature have special significance for scientific reasoning. But the laws' distinctive roles have proven notoriously difficult to identify--leading some philosophers to question if they hold such roles at all. This study offers original accounts of the roles that natural laws play in connection with counterfactual conditionals, inductive projections, and scientific explanations, and of what the laws must be in order for them to be capable of playing these roles. Particular attention is given to laws of special sciences, levels of scientific explanation, natural kinds, ceteris-paribus clauses, and physically necessary non-laws.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2007
First published:	March 2007
Authors:	Marc Lange (Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-533133-2
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
LSN:	0-19-533133-8
Barcode:	9780195331332

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