The Dappled World : A Study of the Boundaries of Science

Name: The Dappled World
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521644112
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ISBN: 9780521644112

by Nancy Cartwright

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0521644119

ISBN-13 9780521644112

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 398 grams

Dimensions 18.10 x 23.20 x 1.60 cms

Product Classification: Social & political philosophy Philosophy of science Social 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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