Laws and symmetry /

'Laws and Symmetry's' three main objectives are: first, to show the failure of current philosophical accounts of laws of nature; second, to refute arguments for the reality of laws of nature; third, to contribute to an epistemology and a philosophy of science antithetical to such meta...

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Main Author: Van Fraassen, Bas C., 1941-
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
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Summary:'Laws and Symmetry's' three main objectives are: first, to show the failure of current philosophical accounts of laws of nature; second, to refute arguments for the reality of laws of nature; third, to contribute to an epistemology and a philosophy of science antithetical to such metaphysical notions.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 395 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-385) and index.
ISBN:0198248601
9780198248606
9780191519994
0191519995
9780191597459
0191597457
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized