Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond

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...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Falkenburg, Brigitte (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schiemann, Gregor (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2019.
Σειρά:European Studies in Philosophy of Science, 11
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a Part I: INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- Part II: HISTORICAL APPROACHES -- Chpater 1: Stathis Psillos: Mechanisms, Then and Now -- Chapter 2: Brigitte Falkenburg: Mechanistic Explanations: History, Scope, and Limitations -- Chapter 3: Gregor Schiemann: Old and New Mechanistic Explanations -- Part III: GENERAL QUESTIONS -- Chapter 4: Michel Ghins: Mechanistic Explanation: An Extension and a Defence -- Chapter 5: Marco Buzzoni: Multilevel Reality and Mechanistic Explanations -- Chapter 6: Jan Faye: Causal Mechanism, Complexity, and the Environment -- Chapter 7: Paul Weingartner: Is Every Causal Explanation a Mechanistic Explanation? -- Chapter 8: Hans Lenk: About the New Mechanistical Turn of Causal Epistemology -- Part IV: MECHANISMS IN PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE -- Chapter 9: Dennis Dieks: Explanation and Mechanisms in Physics -- Chapter 10: Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu: Explanation, the Progress of Physical Theories, and Computer Simulations -- Chapter 11: Itala M. Loffredo D'Ottaviano: Autonomous Action in Complex Mechanical Systems: A Real Dilemma? -- Chapter 12: Vinzenco Fano: Computation and Reality. 
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