| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Chapter 1 Laws of Nature and Their Modal Surface Structure -- Chapter 2 The Problem of Ceteris Paribus Clauses -- Chapter 3 Causation - Conceptual Groundwork -- Chapter 4 Causation - Application and Augmentation -- Chapter 5 Reductive Practices -- Chapter 6 Reduction and Physical Foundationalism -- Chapter 7 Reduction and Ontological Monism -- Chapter 8 Concluding Remarks: Methods and Epistemic Sources in Metaphysics -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This book provides a minimal metaphysics for scientific practice, i.e. one that refrains from postulating any structure that is explanatorily irrelevant. Hüttemann analyses central aspects of scientific practice, such as prediction, explanation and manipulation, to consider whether and (if so) what presuppositions best account for these practices |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 12, 2021) |
| Subject |
Science -- Philosophy.
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Metaphysics.
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Metaphysics
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metaphysics.
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Metaphysics
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Science -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781009023542 |
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1009023543 |
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