Stephen Mumford

Laws in Nature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mumford outlines a major new theory of natural laws. His book begins with the question of whether there are any genuinely law-like phenomena in nature. The discussion addresses questions currently being debated by metaphysicians such as whether the laws of nature are necessary or contingent and whether a property can be identified independently of its causal role.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 159mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780415311281
• ISBN-10: 0415311284
• Artikelnr.: 22191957

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