Idealization and the Laws of Nature

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Wheeler, Billy (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Θέματα: Philosophy and science.; Philosophy of Science.

This new study provides a refreshing look at the issue of exceptions and shows that much of the problem stems from a failure to recognize at least two kinds of exception-ridden law: ceteris paribus laws and ideal laws. Billy Wheeler offers the first book-length discussion of ideal laws. The key diff...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Ch 1. Laws of Nature and the Problem of Exceptions
• Ch 2. Governing Law Solutions to Ideal Laws
• Ch 3. Non-Governing Law Solutions to Ideal Laws
• Ch 4. The Algorithmic Theory of Laws
• Ch 5. Is the Universe Compressible?. .