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Causation and Laws of Nature

Causation and Laws of Nature

Hardcover

Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Book 14

PhilosophyHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 0792359143
ISBN13: 9780792359142
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 31 1999
Pages: 359
Weight: 1.52
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Causation and Laws of Nature is a collection of articles which represents current research on the metaphysics of causation and laws of nature, mostly by authors working in or active in the Australasian region. The book provides an overview of current work on the theory of causation, including counterfactual, singularist, nomological and causal process approaches. It also covers work on the nature of laws of nature, with special emphasis on the scientific essentialist theory that laws of nature are, at base, the fundamental dispositions or capacities of natural kinds of things. Because the book represents a good cross-section of authors currently working on these themes in the Australasian region, it conveys something of the interest and excitement of an active philosophical debate between advocates of several different research programmes in the area.

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