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Rules to infinity : the normative role of mathematics in scientific explanation /

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"A simplistic and Whiggish history of the philosophy of scientific explanation, modeled after a terribly stripped-down reading of Salmon's (1989) Four Decades, might go as follows: In the beginning was Hempel, with whose covering law (CL) model of explanation the main problems in the philo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Povich, Mark (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Religion and science.
Science > Philosophy.
Mathematics > Philosophy.
Religion et sciences.
Mathématiques > Philosophie.
History & Philosophy.
MATHEMATICS.
Logic.
PHILOSOPHY.
Science: general issues.
Science.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Rules to Infinity
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: Scientific Explanation, Mathematics, and Metaontology
  • 2. Distinctively Mathematical Explanation
  • 3. Renormalization Group Explanation
  • 4. The Narrow Ontic Counterfactual Account
  • 5. Deflating the Narrow Ontic Counterfactual Account
  • 6. Semantics, Metasemantics, and Function
  • 7. The Content of a Mathematical Model
  • 8. Normativism and Its Rivals
  • 9. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.