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This volume argues for a new image of science that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, casting the work of science as an effort to understand those mechanisms. Glennan offers an account of the nature of mechanisms and of the models used to represent them in...

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Main Author: Glennan, Stuart (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Science > Philosophy.
Mechanism (Philosophy)
Philosophy of nature.
Mécanisme (Philosophie)
Sciences > Philosophie.
Philosophie de la nature.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Science > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This volume argues for a new image of science that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, casting the work of science as an effort to understand those mechanisms. Glennan offers an account of the nature of mechanisms and of the models used to represent them in physical, life, and social sciences.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191824746
0191824747
9780191085284
0191085286