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Ceterus Paribus Laws

By John Earman , Clark Glymour , John T. Roberts , Sheldon Smith (auth.) , Sandra Mitchell (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2002
ISBN
978-90-481-6173-7, 978-94-017-1009-1
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-1009-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3385828 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
174\173
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Epistemology; Metaphysics; Philosophy of Mind; Phi

Description

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. After early worries the issue is vigorously discussed in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of mind since ca. 15 years. This volume collects the most prominent philosophers of science in the field and presents a lively, controversial, but well-integrated, highly original and up-to-date discussion of the issue. It will be the reference book in the coming years concerning ceteris paribus laws.

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