Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Falkenburg, Brigitte (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schiemann, Gregor (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: European Studies in Philosophy of Science, 11
• Subjects: Mathematics-Philosophy.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Philosophy.; Computer science-Mathematics.; Philosophy of Mathematics.; Classical Mechanics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; History of Philosophy.; Mathematics of Computing.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.