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Scientific Realism and Laws of Nature: A Metaphysics of Causal Powers

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211 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am05.04.20242024
This book addresses central issues in the philosophy and metaphysics of science, namely the nature of scientific theories, their partial truth, and the necessity of scientific laws within a moderate realist and empiricist perspective.mehr
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KlappentextThis book addresses central issues in the philosophy and metaphysics of science, namely the nature of scientific theories, their partial truth, and the necessity of scientific laws within a moderate realist and empiricist perspective.
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ISBN/GTIN978-3-031-54226-8
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum05.04.2024
Auflage2024
ReiheSynthese Library
Seiten211 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht461 g
IllustrationenXVIII, 211 p. 1 illus.
Artikel-Nr.55854813

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword.- Introduction.- 1. What is a scientific theory?.- 2. Scientific realism: what is at stake?.- 3. Scientific realism: a defence.- 4. The categorical conceptions of laws.- 5. A dualist metaphysics of nature.- General conclusion.- References.- Name index.- Subject index.mehr

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Autor

Michel Ghins is professor emeritus at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). After a MSc in physics (Louvain) and a MA in philosophy (Pittsburgh) he did a PhD on the philosophical theories of space-time (Louvain). He taught history of science, philosophy of science and philosophy of nature in several Universities, among which the University of Campinas (Brazil), the Gregorian University (Rome) and the University of Turin. He has published several books and numerous articles in international journals on the foundations of space-time, scientific realism, models and representation, explanation, causality and the metaphysics of laws. He is currently working on a neo-Aristotelian metaphysics of causal powers. He is vice-president of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science.
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