Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond by Brigitte Falkenburg
This volume offers a broad, philosophical discussion on mechanical explanations. Coverage ranges from historical approaches and general questions to physics and higher-level sciences . The contributors also consider the topics of complexity, emergence, and reduction.
Mechanistic explanations detail how certain properties of a whole stem from the causal activities of its parts. This kind of explanation is in particular employed in explanatory models of the behavior of complex systems. Often used in biology and neuroscience, mechanistic explanation models have been often overlooked in the philosophy of physics. The authors correct this surprising neglect. They trace these models back to their origins in physics. The papers present a comprehensive historical, methodological, and problem-oriented investigation. The contributors also investigate the conditions for using models of mechanistic explanations in physics. The last papers make the bridge from physics to economics,the theory of complex systems and computer science . This book will appeal to graduate students and researchers with an interest in the philosophy of science, scientific explanation, complex systems, models of explanation in physics higher level sciences, and causal mechanisms in science.-
Philosophy of Science
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Quantum Mechanics Between Ontology and Epistemology
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A Pluralist Theory of the Mind
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Pragmatic Idealism and Scientific Prediction
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Making it Formally Explicit
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The Deep Metaphysics of Space
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The Union of Chemistry and Physics
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EPSA15 Selected Papers
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Rethinking Knowledge
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Kants Cosmology
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Explaining Disease: Philosophical Reflections on Medical Research and Clinical Practice
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Recent Developments in the Philosophy of Science: EPSA13 Helsinki
Very interesting and thought provoking, so I strongly encourage everyone interested to read this book(V. Kreinovich, Computing Reviews, October 1, 2021)
Schiemann, Gregor: - Gregor Schiemann, Department of Philosophy and IZWT, Bergische University Wuppertal, Germany.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783030107062 |
| ISBN 10 | 303010706X |
| Title | Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond |
| Author | Brigitte Falkenburg |
| Series | European Studies In Philosophy Of Science |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Year published | 2019-09-09 |
| Number of pages | 220 |
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