How the laws of physics lie /
Nancy Cartwright argues for a novel conception of the role of fundamental scientific laws in modern natural science. If we attend closely to the manner in which theoretical laws figure in the practice of science, we see that despite their great explanatory power these laws do not describe reality. I...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1983.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Nancy Cartwright argues for a novel conception of the role of fundamental scientific laws in modern natural science. If we attend closely to the manner in which theoretical laws figure in the practice of science, we see that despite their great explanatory power these laws do not describe reality. Instead, fundamental laws describe highly idealized objects in models. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (221 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0198247044 9780198247043 0198247001 9780198247005 9780191597152 0191597155 |