Screen LibraryThe law-governed universe
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 407 p.: ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780199557707 (alk. paper) 0199557705 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D999 |
| CLC: |
D999.1 P159 |
| Call Number: | P159/R645 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [394]-399) and index. The law-governed world-picture -- A remarkable idea about the way the universe is -- Cosmos and compulsion -- The laws as the cosmic order : the best-system approach -- The three ways : no-laws, non-governing-laws, governing-laws -- Work that laws do in science -- An important difference between the laws of nature and the cosmic order -- The picture in four theses -- The strategy of this book -- The meta-theoretic conception of laws -- The measurability approach to laws -- What comes where -- In defense of some received views -- Some assumptions that will be in play -- The laws are propositi |