Laws of nature / Walter Ott and Lydia Patton.
2018
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Title
Laws of nature / Walter Ott and Lydia Patton.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191809057 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations
Call Number
BD581
Dewey Decimal Classification
113
Summary
What is the origin of the concept of a law of nature? How much does it owe to theology and metaphysics? To what extent do the laws of nature permit contingency? Are there exceptions to the laws of nature? Is it possible to give a reductive analysis of lawhood, or is it a primitive? 12 essays by an international team of leading philosophers take up these and other central questions on the laws of nature, whilst also examining some of the most important intuitions and assumptions that have guided the debate over laws of nature since the concept's invention in the 17th century.
Note
What is the origin of the concept of a law of nature? How much does it owe to theology and metaphysics? To what extent do the laws of nature permit contingency? Are there exceptions to the laws of nature? Is it possible to give a reductive analysis of lawhood, or is it a primitive? 12 essays by an international team of leading philosophers take up these and other central questions on the laws of nature, whilst also examining some of the most important intuitions and assumptions that have guided the debate over laws of nature since the concept's invention in the 17th century.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 18, 2018).
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Ott, Walter R., editor.
Patton, Lydia, editor.
Patton, Lydia, editor.
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Print version: 9780198746775
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