Explanation, Laws, and Causation
Scientific explanation, laws of nature, and causation are crucial and frontier issues in the philosophy of science. This book studies the complex relationship between the three concepts, aiming to achieve a holistic synthesis about explanation-laws-causation. By reviewing Hempel's scientific explanation models and Salmon's three conceptions - the epistemic, modal, and ontic conception - the book suggests that laws are essential to explanation and that our understanding of laws will help solve the problems of the latter. Concerning the nature of laws, this book tackles both the problems of regularity approach and necessitarian approach. It als…
Mehr
CHF 47.05
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-317-54131-8
- EAN: 9781317541318
- Produktnummer: 23808581
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 126 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'651 KB
Über den Autor
Wei Wang is a professor at the Institute of Science, Technology and Society, Tsinghua University. His research interests include general philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, and philosophy of biology.
100 weitere Werke von Wei Wang:
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and Systems
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 448.00
China's Banking Law and the National Treatment of Foreign-Funded Banks
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 47.05
The Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and Systems
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 330.50
Software Foundations for Data Interoperability and Large Scale Graph Data Analytics
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 71.00
Bewertungen
Anmelden