The Dappled World : A Study of the Boundaries of Science
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521643368
ISBN-13
9780521643368
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 23rd, 1999
Print length
260 Pages
Weight
538 grams
Dimensions
15.90 x 23.70 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Social & political philosophyPhilosophy of scienceSocial and political philosophy
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In this book Nancy Cartwright argues for a patchwork of laws of nature. Combining classic and newly written essays, The Dappled World offers important methodological lessons for both the natural and social sciences, and will interest anyone who wants to understand how modern science works.
It is often supposed that the spectacular successes of our modern mathematical sciences support a lofty vision of a world completely ordered by one single elegant theory. In this book Nancy Cartwright argues to the contrary. When we draw our image of the world from the way modern science works - as empiricism teaches us we should - we end up with a world where some features are precisely ordered, others are given to rough regularity and still others behave in their own diverse ways. This patchwork makes sense when we realise that laws are very special productions of nature, requiring very special arrangements for their generation. Combining classic and newly written essays on physics and economics, The Dappled World carries important philosophical consequences and offers serious lessons for both the natural and the social sciences.
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