Explanation, Quantity and Law
Published on 25. June 1999
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-7546-1002-1 (ISBN)
Description
This work sets out to give an account of explanation which is adequate to the problems that arise when looking at physical science. It offers a theory of explanation with supporting analysis, and also an application to the task of giving an account of explanation in quantum mechanics.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 162 mm
Width: 224 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7546-1002-1 (9780754610021)
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Content
New directions in the theory of explanation; explanation and mechanism; the instance theory of explanation; errors of measurement and explanation-as-unification; theoretical explanation and errors of measurement; Ellis' theory of quantity; Bigelow and Pargetter on quantity; laws of nature; laws of nature as relations between quantities; quantum mechanical quantities; explanation and the quantum state; reflections and conclusions.