Robert W. Batterman

The Devil in the Details

Asymptotic Reasoning in Explanation, Reduction, and Emergence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Robert Batterman examines a form of scientific reasoning called asymptotic reasoning, arguing that it has important consequences for our understanding of the scientific process as a whole. He maintains that asymptotic reasoning is essential for explaining what physicists call universal behavior. With clarity and rigor, he simplifies complex questions about universal behavior, demonstrating a profound understanding of the underlying structures that ground them. This book introduces a valuable new method that is certain to fill explanatory gaps across disciplines.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 237g
• ISBN-13: 9780195314885
• ISBN-10: 0195314883
• Artikelnr.: 22010932

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Asymptotic Reasoning
3: Philosophical Theories of Explanation
4: Asymptotic Explanation
5: Philosophical Models of Reduction
6: Intertheoretic Relations - Optics
7: Intertheoretic Relations - Mechanics
8: Emergence
9: Conclusion
Bibliography
Index