This book addresses central issues in the philosophy and metaphysics of science, namely the nature of scientific theories, their partial truth, and the necessity of scientific laws within a moderate realist and empiricist perspective. Accordingly, good arguments in favour of the existence of unobservable entities postulated by our best theories, such as electrons, must be inductively grounded on perceptual experience and not their explanatory power as most defenders of scientific realism claim. Similarly, belief in the reality of dispositions such as causal powers which ground the natural necessity of scientific laws must be based on experience. Hence, this book offers a synthetic presentation of an original metaphysics of science, namely a metaphysics of properties, both categorical and dispositional, while at the same time opposing strong versions of necessitarism according to which laws are true in all possible worlds.
| ISBN: | 9783031542299 |
| Publication date: | 5th April 2025 |
| Author: | Michel Ghins |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 211 pages |
| Series: | Synthese Library |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of science Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Environmentalist thought and ideology |
This book addresses central issues in the philosophy and metaphysics of science, namely the nature of scientific theories, their partial truth, and the necessity of scientific laws within a moderate realist and empiricist perspective. Accordingly, good arguments in favour of the existence of unobservable entities postulated by our best theories, such as electrons, must be inductively grounded on perceptual experience and not their explanatory power as most defenders of scientific realism claim. Similarly, belief in the reality of dispositions such as causal powers which ground the natural necessity of scientific laws must be based on experience. Hence, this book offers a synthetic presentation of an original metaphysics of science, namely a metaphysics of properties, both categorical and dispositional, while at the same time opposing strong versions of necessitarism according to which laws are true in all possible worlds.
Scientific Realism and Laws of Nature features in the following genres: Philosophy of science, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Environmentalist thought and ideology
Scientific Realism and Laws of Nature is available in Paperback
Scientific Realism and Laws of Nature was written by Michel Ghins and published by Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing
Scientific Realism and Laws of Nature has 211 pages
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