Laws of Nature: Essays on the Philosophical, Scientific and Historical Dimensions

Published by De Gruyter 1995

Laws of Nature

Essays on the Philosophical, Scientific and Historical Dimensions

Edited by: Friedel Weinert

Volume 8 in the series Philosophie und Wissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110869859

Contents

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I. Introduction
Laws of Nature – Laws of Science Friedel Weinert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
II. Philosophical Views
The Neo-Humean Perspective: Laws as Regularities Norman Swartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
The Necessitarian Perspective: Laws as Natural Entailments Martin Leckey and John Bigelow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
The Skeptical Perspective: Science without Laws of Nature Ronald Giere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
The Middle Ground: Resiliency and Laws in the Web of Belief Brian Skyrms and Karl Lambert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
The New Aspect: Symmetries as Meta-Laws Margaret Morrison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
III. Scientific Views
Laws and Experiment Allan Franklin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Laws and Theories: Generality versus Coherence Erhard Scheibe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Laws and Chaos Hermann Haken Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Algorithmic Compressibility, Fundamental and Phenomenological Laws Paul Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
The Distinctness of Biology Francisco Ayala Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
IV. Historical Views
Origins of Scientific “Law” Jane Ruby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Algamation of a Concept: Laws of Nature in the New Sciences Friedrich Steinle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	316
Theory Bound and Unbound: Superstrings and Experiments Peter Galison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	369
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	409
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Names Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	418

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Edition: Reprint 2010
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 776
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 23
Keywords: Naturrecht; Aufsatzsammlung

eBook

Published: May 2, 2011
ISBN: 9783110869859

Hardcover

Published: September 22, 1995
ISBN: 9783110139181