Ceterus Paribus Laws - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402010206 ISBN 13: 9781402010200

Publisher: Springer, 2003

Synopsis

Natural and social sciences seem very often, though usually only implicitly, to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses - a practice which is philosophically very hard to understand because such clauses seem to render the laws trivial and unfalsifiable. After early worries the issue is vigorously discussed in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mind since ca. 15 years.
This volume collects the most prominent philosophers of science in the field and presents a lively, controversial, but well-integrated, highly original and up-to-date discussion of the issue. It will be the reference book in the coming years concerning ceteris paribus laws.

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Synopsis

Natural and social sciences seem very often, though usually only implicitly, to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses - a practice which is philosophically very hard to understand because such clauses seem to render the laws trivial and unfalsifiable. After early worries, the issue is vigorously discussed in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mind since 15 years. This volume collects the most prominent philosophers of science in the field and presents a lively, controversial, but well-integrated, highly original and up-to-date discussion of the issue. It will be the reference book in the coming years concerning ceteris paribus laws.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402010206
• ISBN 13: 9781402010200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 177
• Editor: Earman John, Glymour Clark, Mitchell Sandra