Natural and social sciences seem very often, though usually only implicitly, to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses - a practice which is philosophically very hard to understand because such clauses seem to render the laws trivial and unfalsifiable. This volume collects some of the most prominent philosophers of science in the field and presents a lively, controversial, but well-integrated, discussion of the issue.
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Natural and social sciences seem very often, though usually only implicitly, to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses - a practice which is philosophically very hard to understand because such clauses seem to render the laws trivial and unfalsifiable.
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Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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ISBN
9781402010200
Publisert
2003-02-28
Utgiver
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
3