John T. Roberts presents and defends a radical new theory of laws of nature. His Measurability Account affirms that there is an important sense in which laws govern the universe, rather than simply describing it economically. He argues that what is essential to laws is that they guarantee the reliability of methods of measuring natural quantities.
John T. Roberts presents and defends a radical new theory of laws of nature. His Measurability Account affirms that there is an important sense in which laws govern the universe, rather than simply describing it economically. He argues that what is essential to laws is that they guarantee the reliability of methods of measuring natural quantities.
John T. Roberts is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He received his BS in Physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on the intersection of philosophy of science and metaphysics.
Inhaltsangabe
* 1: The law-governed world-picture * 2: In defense of some received views * 3: The meta-theoretic conception of laws * 4: An epistemological argument for the meta-theoretic conception of laws * 5: Laws, governing, and counterfactuals * 6: When would the laws have been different? * 7: How could science show that the laws govern? * 8: Measurement and counterfactuals * 9: What lawhood is * 10: Beyond Humean and Non-Humean * Appendix: The MAL in action: A few examples of scientific theories and their laws
* 1: The law-governed world-picture * 2: In defense of some received views * 3: The meta-theoretic conception of laws * 4: An epistemological argument for the meta-theoretic conception of laws * 5: Laws, governing, and counterfactuals * 6: When would the laws have been different? * 7: How could science show that the laws govern? * 8: Measurement and counterfactuals * 9: What lawhood is * 10: Beyond Humean and Non-Humean * Appendix: The MAL in action: A few examples of scientific theories and their laws
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