Stavros Ioannidis (Greece University of Athens), Stathis Psillos (Greece University of Athens)

Broschiertes Buch

Mechanisms in Science

Beschreibung

The current philosophical consensus is that science searches for mechanisms. This book re-evaluates central features of this consensus arguing that 'mechanism' as used in scientific practice is a methodological concept, which implies no deep metaphysical commitments.

Autor

Stavros Ioannidis is Assistant Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He is principal investigator of the project MECHANISM, funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9781009011495
• ISBN-10: 1009011499
• Artikelnr.: 70388518