Mechanisms in Science - Method or Metaphysics? (Hardcover)

In recent years what has come to be called the 'New Mechanism' has emerged as a framework for thinking about the philosophical assumptions underlying many areas of science, especially in sciences such as biology, neuroscience, and psychology. This book offers a fresh look at the role of mechanisms, by situating novel analyses of central philosophical issues related to mechanisms within a rich historical perspective of the concept of mechanism as well as detailed case studies of biological mechanisms (such as apoptosis). It develops a new position, Methodological Mechanism, according to which mechanisms are to be viewed as causal pathways that are theoretically described and are underpinned by networks of difference-making relations. In contrast to metaphysically inflated accounts, this study characterises mechanism as a concept-in-use in science that is deflationary and metaphysically neutral, but still methodologically useful and central to scientific practice.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Stavros Ioannidis • Stathis Psillos
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	250
ISBN-13:	978-1-316-51990-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
LSN:	1-316-51990-2
Barcode:	9781316519905

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