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Scientific realism and laws of naturea metaphysics of causal powers /

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Scientific realism and laws of natureby Michel Ghins.
其他題名:	a metaphysics of causal powers /
作者:	Ghins, Michel.
出版者:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2024.
面頁冊數:	xviii, 211 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
標題:	SciencePhilosophy.
電子資源:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54227-5
ISBN:	9783031542275$q(electronic bk.)

Scientific realism and laws of naturea metaphysics of causal powers /
Ghins, Michel.

Scientific realism and laws of naturea metaphysics of causal powers /[electronic resource] :by Michel Ghins. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2024. - xviii, 211 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Synthese library, studies in epistemology, logic, methodology, and philosophy of science,v. 4832542-8292 ;. - Synthese library, studies in epistemology, logic, methodology, and philosophy of science ;v.375..

Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. What is a scientific theory? -- 2. Scientific realism: what is at stake? -- 3. Scientific realism: a defence -- 4. The categorical conceptions of laws -- 5. A dualist metaphysics of nature -- General conclusion -- References -- Name index -- Subject index.

This book addresses central issues in the philosophy and metaphysics of science, namely the nature of scientific theories, their partial truth, and the necessity of scientific laws within a moderate realist and empiricist perspective. Accordingly, good arguments in favour of the existence of unobservable entities postulated by our best theories, such as electrons, must be inductively grounded on perceptual experience and not their explanatory power as most defenders of scientific realism claim. Similarly, belief in the reality of dispositions such as causal powers which ground the natural necessity of scientific laws must be based on experience. Hence, this book offers a synthetic presentation of an original metaphysics of science, namely a metaphysics of properties, both categorical and dispositional, while at the same time opposing strong versions of necessitarism according to which laws are true in all possible worlds. The main theses and arguments are clearly presented in a non-technical way. Thus, on top of being of interest to the specialists of the topics discussed, it is also useful as a textbook in courses for third year and more advanced university students.

ISBN: 9783031542275$q(electronic bk.)

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