The Metaphysics of Laws of Nature: The Rules of the Game - Hardcover
by Walter Ott
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192859235ISBN-10:192859234UPC:9780192859235Book Category:Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, History & Surveys, MetaphysicsSize:9.33 x 6.28 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SC230T6SMN
The Metaphysics of Laws of Nature: The Rules of the Game
It can seem obvious that we live in a world governed by laws of nature, yet it was not until the seventeenth century that the concept of a law came to the fore. Ever since, it has been attended by controversy: what does it mean to say that Boyle's law governs the expansion of a gas, or that the planets obey the law of gravity? Laws are rules that permit calculations and predictions. What does the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192859235ISBN-10:192859234UPC:9780192859235Book Category:Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, History & Surveys, MetaphysicsSize:9.33 x 6.28 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SC230T6SMN
Walter Ott, Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia Walter Ott is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia, where he earned his Ph.D. in 2000. He is the author of Locke's Philosophy of Language (Cambridge), Causation and Laws of Nature in Early Modern Philosophy (Oxford), and Descartes, Malebranche, and the Crisis of Perception (Oxford). He has published articles in...
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