Barry Loewer (Distinguished Distinguished Professor of Philosophy

Laws of Nature and Chances

What Breathes Fire Into the Equations

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Produktbeschreibung

Barry Loewer presents a novel account of the metaphysics of laws of nature, chances, fundamental ontology, and the space-time arena they occupy. He discusses the history of the concept of laws of nature, and shows how his Package Deal Account overcomes the problems of rival views and can accommodate recent developments in physics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 160mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 312g
• ISBN-13: 9780198907695
• ISBN-10: 0198907699
• Artikelnr.: 71266695

Autorenporträt

Barry Loewer is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. He recieved his PhD from Stanford University in 1975. He taught first at the University of South Carolina before joining Rutgers University in 1989. Loewer is the co-editor of Meaning, Mind, and Matter (OUP, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1: Introduction
2: Non-Humean accounts of the metaphysics of laws
3: The BSA Humean account of the metaphysics of laws
4: Objections to the BSA
5: Problems with perfectly Natural Properties
6: Super Humeanism
7: The PDA
8: The PDA and Chance
9: Special Science laws
10: Relativism and Realism
11: Reprise and Conclusion