Title Science and necessity / John Bigelow, Robert Pargetter

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990

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W'PONDS	501 Big/San		AVAILABLE

Description x, 410 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series Cambridge studies in philosophy Cambridge studies in philosophy. Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- 1. Realism and truth -- 2. Quantities -- 3. Modal language and reality -- 4. Modal ontology -- 5. Laws of nature -- 6. Causation -- 7. Explanation -- 8. Mathematics in science Coda: scientific platonism -- Bibliography Analysis Science Philosophy Science Philosophy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-398) and indexes Subject Logic. Mathematics. Science -- Philosophy. Author Pargetter, Robert. LC no. 90001700 ISBN 0521390273

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