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The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy (Paperback)
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The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
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Scientists studying the burning of stars, the evolution of species,
DNA, the brain, the economy, and social change, all frequently
describe their work as searching for mechanisms. Despite this fact,
for much of the twentieth century philosophical discussions of the
nature of mechanisms remained outside philosophy of science. The
Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy is an
outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and
debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its
kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international
contributors, the Handbook is divided into four Parts: Historical
perspectives on mechanisms The nature of mechanisms Mechanisms and
the philosophy of science Disciplinary perspectives on mechanisms.
Within these Parts central topics and problems are examined,
including the rise of mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth
century; what mechanisms are made of and how they are organized;
mechanisms and laws and regularities; how mechanisms are discovered
and explained; dynamical systems theory; and disciplinary
perspectives from physics, chemistry, biology, biomedicine,
ecology, neuroscience, and the social sciences. Essential reading
for students and researchers in philosophy of science, the Handbook
will also be of interest to those in related fields, such as
metaphysics, philosophy of psychology, and history of science.
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