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BL
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663384
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Baltic Workshop on Logic and Philosophy of Science(5th :2001 :, Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Nature's principles\ edited by Jan Faye ... [et al.].
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Dordrecht ;New York :: Springer,, c2005.
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| Series Statement
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Logic, epistemology and the unity of science ;; v. 4
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xii, 292 p. :: ill. ;; 25 cm.
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1402032579 (alk. paper)
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: 9781402032578 (alk. paper)
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| Notes
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Most of the papers were presented at the 5th Baltic Workshop on Logic and the Philosophy of Science held at Copenhagen, May 24-27, 2001.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Why are (most) laws of nature mathematical? / Mauro Dorato -- How nature makes sense / Jan Faye -- Cartwright and Nowack on laws and explanation / Igor Hanzel -- The explanatory virtues of probabilistic causal laws / Henrik Hållsten -- The nature of natural laws / Lars-Göran Johansson -- How the ceteris paribus laws of physics lie / Geert Keil -- Necessary laws / Max Kistler -- Laws of nature: a skeptical view / Uwe Meixner -- The laws' properties / Johannes Persson -- Laws of nature versus system laws / Gerhard Schurz -- Psychologism, universality and the use of logic / Werner Stelzner.
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Philosophy of nature, Congresses.
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Science-- Philosophy, Congresses.
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Faye, Jan.
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