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'Laws and Symmetry's' three main objectives are: first, to show the failure of current philosophical accounts of laws of nature; second, to refute arguments for the reality of laws of nature; third, to contribute to an epistemology and a philosophy of science antithetical to such meta...

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Main Author: Van Fraassen, Bas C., 1941-
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
Series:Clarendon paperbacks
Subjects:
Philosophy of nature.
Necessity (Philosophy)
Symmetry.
Philosophy and science.
Necessity (Philosophy) > Controversial literature.
Nécessité (Philosophie) > Ouvrages de controverse.
Symétrie.
Philosophie de la nature.
Philosophie et sciences.
Nécessité (Philosophie)
SCIENCE > Cosmology.
Philosophy and science
Philosophy of nature
Symmetry
Naturphilosophie
Naturgesetz
Symmetrie
Noodzakelijkheid.
Symmetrie.
Filosofia da ciência.
Simetria.
Symétrie (physique)
Loi (philosophie)
Nécessité.
Philosophie des sciences.
Théorie de la connaissance.
Science > Laws > Philosophical aspects
Electronic books.
Controversial literature
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Laws and Symmetry's' three main objectives are: first, to show the failure of current philosophical accounts of laws of nature; second, to refute arguments for the reality of laws of nature; third, to contribute to an epistemology and a philosophy of science antithetical to such metaphysical notions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 395 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-385) and index.
ISBN:0198248601
9780198248606
9780191519994
0191519995
9780191597459
0191597457