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Title
The new mechanical philosophy / Stuart Glennan.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191824746 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
Q175
Dewey Decimal Classification
500
Summary
This volume argues for a new image of science that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, casting the work of science as an effort to understand those mechanisms. Glennan offers an account of the nature of mechanisms and of the models used to represent them in physical, life, and social sciences.
Note
This volume argues for a new image of science that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, casting the work of science as an effort to understand those mechanisms. Glennan offers an account of the nature of mechanisms and of the models used to represent them in physical, life, and social sciences.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 21, 2017).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780198779711
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