The new mechanical philosophy

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This volume argues for a new image of science that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, casting the work of science as an effort to understand those mechanisms. Glennan offers an account of the nature of mechanisms and of the models used to represent them in physical, life, and social sciences



The New Mechanical Philosophy argues for a new image of nature and of science--one that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, and that casts the work of science as an effort to discover and understand those mechanisms. Drawing on an expanding literature on mechanisms in physical, life, and social sciences, Stuart Glennan offers an account of the nature of mechanisms and of the models used to represent them. A key quality of mechanisms is that they are particulars - located at different places and times, with no one just like another. The crux of the scientist's challenge is to balance the complexity and particularity of mechanisms with our need for representations of them that are abstract and general. This volume weaves together metaphysical and methodological questions about mechanisms. Metaphysically, it explores the implications of the mechanistic framework for our understanding of classical philosophical questions about the nature of objects, properties, processes, events, causal relations, natural kinds and laws of nature. Methodologically, the book explores how scientists build models to represent and understand phenomena and the mechanisms responsible for them. Using this account of representation, Glennan offers a scheme for characterizing the enormous diversity of things that scientists call mechanisms, and explores the scope and limits of mechanistic explanation.

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Hardcover

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 10 augustus 2017

Aantal pagina's: 256

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Hoofdauteur: Stuart Glennan

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press

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Product breedte: 172 mm

Product hoogte: 24 mm

Product lengte: 241 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 172 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 24 mm

Verpakking lengte: 241 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 582 g

EAN: 9780198779711

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