Tyler Hildebrand (Nova Scotia Dalhousie University)

Laws of Nature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This Element provides an opinionated introduction to the metaphysics of laws of nature. It distinguishes between scientific and philosophical questions about laws and explores the leading philosophical theories in detail, reviewing the most influential arguments in the literature.

Produktdetails

• Elements in Metaphysics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 75
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 152g
• ISBN-13: 9781009111126
• ISBN-10: 1009111124
• Artikelnr.: 67255092

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Humeanism
3. Objections to Humeanism
4. Non-Humean Theories of Laws
5. Conceptual Objections to Non-Humeanism
6. Further Problems for Non-Humean Theories
7. The Explanatory Argument for Non-Humeanism
8. Epistemological and Methodological Issues
9. An Alternative to Humeanism and Non-Humeanism.