Stephen Mumford

Laws in Nature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book outlines a major new theory of natural laws and addresses questions currently being debated by metaphysicians.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9780415407823
• ISBN-10: 0415407826
• Artikelnr.: 21345264

Autorenporträt

Stephen Mumford is Reader in Metaphysics in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Dispositions (1998) and various papers in metaphysics. He is editor of Russell on Metaphysics (2003) and Powers by the late George Molnar (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Laws in Science and Philosophy Part One: Humean
Lawlessness 2. The Lawless World 3. Regularities and Best Systems 4. Hume's
Argument Part Two: Nomological Realism 5. The Nomological Argument 6.
Natural Necessitation Relations 7. Necessitarian Essentialism Part Three:
Realist Lawlessness 8. Are Natural Laws a Natural Kind 9. The Central
Dilemma 10. Modal Properties 11. Objections and Replies 12. Conclusion: Law
and Metaphor