书目名称 | Rethinking the Concept of Law of Nature |
副标题 | Natural Order in the |
编辑 | Yemima Ben-Menahem |
视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/830/829166/829166.mp4 |
概述 | Uniquely focusses on critique of the traditional concept of law of nature.The case studies in the volume come from cutting edge scientific theories.Develops a number of new concepts of natural order s |
丛书名称 | Jerusalem Studies in Philosophy and History of Science |
图书封面 |  |
描述 | .This book subjects the traditional concept of law of nature to critical examination. .There are two kinds of reasons that invite this reexamination, one deriving from philosophical concerns over the traditional concept, the other motivated by theoretical and practical changes in science. One of the philosophical worries is that the idiom of law of nature, especially when combined with the notion of laws ‘governing‘ individual events and processes, is no longer as intelligible as it used to be in the theistic context in which the formulation of laws became central to science. The traditional concept is also challenged in various ways by contemporary scientific theories such as quantum mechanics, chaos theory and the general theory of relativity. It is no longer clear that there are any universal laws, laws do not always guarantee predictability, and the border between physical and mathematical considerations is constantly shifting. The most difficult challenge, perhaps, isto come up with a scientific explanation of the origin of laws. .Wrestling with these intriguing problems, the papers in this volume broaden both our understanding of the natural order and our desiderata of scient |
出版日期 | Book 2022 |
关键词 | Determinism and causation; Empiricism; Humean supervenience; gauge symmetries; kinematics and dynamics; L |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96775-8 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-96777-2 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-96775-8Series ISSN 2524-4248 Series E-ISSN 2524-4256 |
issn_series | 2524-4248 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |