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Ceterus Paribus Laws

2002 Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Ceterus Paribus Laws by : John Earman

Download or read book Ceterus Paribus Laws written by John Earman. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural and social sciences seem very often, though usually only implicitly, to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses - a practice which is philosophically very hard to understand because such clauses seem to render the laws trivial and unfalsifiable. After early worries the issue is vigorously discussed in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mind since ca. 15 years. This volume collects the most prominent philosophers of science in the field and presents a lively, controversial, but well-integrated, highly original and up-to-date discussion of the issue. It will be the reference book in the coming years concerning ceteris paribus laws.

The Metaphysics of Ceteris Paribus Laws

2013-05-02 Philosophy
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Book Synopsis The Metaphysics of Ceteris Paribus Laws by : Markus A. Schrenk

Download or read book The Metaphysics of Ceteris Paribus Laws written by Markus A. Schrenk. This book was released on 2013-05-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universality is not sufficient to distinguish laws of nature from accidental regularities. A multitude of additional defining features have been suggested. Yet, once it is acknowledged that exceptionless universality is not the only criterion for lawhood it is possible to start questioning whether it is necessary. Markus Schrenk's The Metaphysics of Ceteris Paribus Laws takes this bold step and it's provocative conclusion is that existing theories - especially David Lewis's and David Armstrong's - are, in fact, strong enough to guarantee lawhood even if there are instances that do not conform to the laws. Schrenk also advances two novel theories for special science ceteris paribus laws. His unorthodox exploration has the potential to stimulate a new debate about laws, lawhood and exceptions. This work has received the Award for Furthering Research in Ontology of the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP).

Ceterus Paribus Laws

2013-06-29 Philosophy
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Release : 2013-06-29
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Book Synopsis Ceterus Paribus Laws by : John Earman

Download or read book Ceterus Paribus Laws written by John Earman. This book was released on 2013-06-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural and social sciences seem very often to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses - a practice which is philosophically very hard to understand because such clauses seem to render the laws trivial and unfalsifiable. This volume collects the most prominent philosophers of science in the field and presents a lively, controversial, but well-integrated, highly original discussion of the issue. It will be the reference book in the coming years concerning ceteris paribus laws.

Ceteris Paribus Laws

2002
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Explanation, Laws, and Causation

2017-04-21 Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Explanation, Laws, and Causation by : Wei Wang

Download or read book Explanation, Laws, and Causation written by Wei Wang. This book was released on 2017-04-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific explanation, laws of nature, and causation are crucial and frontier issues in the philosophy of science. This book studies the complex relationship between the three concepts, aiming to achieve a holistic synthesis about explanation–laws–causation. By reviewing Hempel's scientific explanation models and Salmon's three conceptions – the epistemic, modal, and ontic conception – the book suggests that laws are essential to explanation and that our understanding of laws will help solve the problems of the latter. Concerning the nature of laws, this book tackles both the problems of regularity approach and necessitarian approach. It also proposes that the ontological order of explanation should be from events (or processes) to causation, then to regularity (laws), and finally to science system, but the epistemological order should be from science system to laws to explanation and causation. In addition, this book examines the legitimacy of ceteris paribus laws, the connection between explanation and reduction, the relation between explanation and interpretation, and some other issues closely related to explanation–laws–causation. This book will attract scholars and students of philosophy of science, natural sciences, social sciences, etc.

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