Screen LibraryWithout hierarchy : the scale freedom of the universe /
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=34caa380a0754fbab00048c40cbfc842 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi, 291 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780199917655 9780199917648 |
| Index Number: | Q175 |
| CLC: | B025.5 |
| Contents: | Introduction : towards a theory of science -- Part one : Scale freedom multiply contextualized. Against the philosophy of a one-scale universe -- Resheathing -- Part two : Philosophical foundations of science and metaphysics. Multiple conceptions of fundamentality -- Why causation cannot be the cement of the universe -- Moves and movers : notes on the progress of science -- Making sense of order : the true cement of the universe -- Part three : deployments. The logic of leading and following -- The "microcosm" of unity (of science) that is physics -- Conclusion : toward a more truth-illuminating metaphysics. |