Laws of Nature

• Main Authors: Mittelstaedt, Peter (Author), Weingartner, Paul A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy and science.; Mathematical logic.; Quantum physics.; Popular works.; Philosophy of Science.; Popular Science, general.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; Quantum Physics.

The book is concerned with the laws of nature and in particular with the laws of physics. The authors discuss three important questions: First, whether the observed regularities are based on strict "laws of nature" that hold rigorously and without any exception. Second, what we call a &quo...

Table of Contents:

• What is a Law of Nature?
• Are there Laws of Nature at All?
• Can the Laws of Nature be Genuine Laws?
• Are the Laws of Logic Laws of Nature?
• Are the Laws of Mathematics Laws of Nature?
• Properties of Laws
• Does Every Law of Nature Express an Invariance (Symmetry)?
• Is Every Law of Nature Spacetime Invariant?
• Dynamical and Statistical Laws
• Laws, Boundary Conditions, and Constants of Nature
• Causality and Predictability
• Laws and Objects
• Completeness and Reliability
• Why are Laws of Nature Valid?
• Statistical Laws
• Quantum Logic.