Titlebook: Ceterus Paribus Laws; John Earman,Clark Glymour,Sandra Mitchell Book 2002 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002 mind.philosophy o

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,Young’s modulus of light metal alloys,hat we test laws without the . antecedent. But at least when the . antecedent is there we have an explicit acknowledgment of important procedures we must take in the design of the experiments — i.e., procedures to control for “all interferences”, even those we cannot identify under the concepts of any known theory.

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Plasticity of light metal alloys,the analysis of . laws are, on their own terms, complete failures. I sketch a more adequate alternative account of the content of causal generalizations in the special sciences which I argue should replace the . conception.

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, Lost,e rendered untestable by the mere addition of the CP operator. Thus, “CP all Fs are Gs”, when read as a straightforward statement of fact, cannot be the stuff of scientific theory. Rather, we suggest that when “.” appears in scientific works it plays a pragmatic role of pointing to more respectable claims.

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,, — An Inadequate Representation for Biological Contingency,exact and inexact sciences. In particular, a detailed account of the types and degrees of contingency found in the domain of biology permits a more adequate understanding of the relations among the sciences.

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In Favor of Laws that are Not , After All,hat we test laws without the . antecedent. But at least when the . antecedent is there we have an explicit acknowledgment of important procedures we must take in the design of the experiments — i.e., procedures to control for “all interferences”, even those we cannot identify under the concepts of any known theory.

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ects the most prominent philosophers of science in the field and presents a lively, controversial, but well-integrated, highly original and up-to-date discussion of the issue. It will be the reference book in the coming years concerning .ceteris paribus. laws.978-90-481-6173-7978-94-017-1009-1