Explanation, Quantity and Law

ISBN-13: 9781138625501 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 195 str.

John Forge

Opis

Published in 1999, this work sets out to give an account of explanation which is adequate to the problems that arise when looking at physical science.

Spis treści

1. New Directions in the Theory of Explanation  2. Explanation and Mechanism  3. The Instance Theory of Explanation  4. Errors of Measurement and Explanation-as-Unification  5. Theoretical Explanation and Errors of Measurement  6. Ellis’ Theory of Quantities  7. Bigelow and Pargetter on Quantities  8. Laws of Nature  9. Laws as Relations between Quantities  10. Quantum Mechanical Quantities  11. Explanation and the Quantum State  12. Reflections.

O autorze

Forge, John