Explanation, Quantity and Law
1st Edition
Published on 30. July 2018
Book
Hardback
195 pages
978-1-138-62550-1 (ISBN)
Description
Published in 1999, 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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-62550-1 (9781138625501)
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Content
1. New Directions in the Theory of Explanation 2. Explanation and Mechanism 3. The Instance Theory of Explanation 4. Errors of Measurement and Explanation-as-Unification 5. Theoretical Explanation and Errors of Measurement 6. Ellis' Theory of Quantities 7. Bigelow and Pargetter on Quantities 8. Laws of Nature 9. Laws as Relations between Quantities 10. Quantum Mechanical Quantities 11. Explanation and the Quantum State 12. Reflections.