Rethinking the Concept of Law of Nature Natural Order in the Light of Contemporary Science
This book subjects the traditional concept of law of nature to critical examination. There are two kinds of reasons that invite this reexamination, one deriving from philosophical concerns over the traditional concept, the other motivated by theoretical and practical changes in science. One of the p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
| Series: | Jerusalem Studies in Philosophy and History of Science
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. (Introduction) "Why Rethinking is required"(Yemima Ben-Menahem)
- Chapter 2. "On Two Slights to Noether's Theorem" (J. Brian Pitts)
- Chapter 3. "How To Make the World Safe for Autonomy, or: How to Fodor-Kitcher an Albert-Loewer"(Marc Lange)
- Chapter 4. "Models as Ersatz Law."(Arnon Levy)
- Chapter 5. TBA (Orly Shenker)
- Chapter 6. "Laws of Nature as Epistemic Infrastructure, Not as Metaphysical Superstructure" (Richard Healey)
- Chapter 7. "Making Modality Safe for Empiricists" (John D. Norton)
- Chapter 8. "Wheeler's Law Without Law and other Forms of Lawlessness" (Yemima Ben-Menahem)
- Chapter 9. "Ratbag Idealism"(Gordon Belot)
- Chapter 10. "Relational Mechanics and a Large Kantian Component of Laws of Nature"(Sheldin Goldstein and Nino Zanghì)
- Chapter 11. "Minimal Primitivism About Laws of Nature" (Sheldon Goldstein and Eddy Chen)