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Science and Necessity

John Bigelow author Robert Pargetter author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:19th Jun '08

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This book espouses a theory of scientific realism in which due weight is given to mathematics and logic. The authors argue that mathematics can be understood realistically if it is seen to be the study of universals, of properties and relations, of patterns and structures, the kinds of things which can be in several places at once. Taking this kind of scientific platonism as their point of departure, they show how the theory of universals can account for probability, laws of nature, causation and explanation, and explore the consequences in all these fields. This will be an important book for all philosophers of science, logicians and metaphysicians, and their graduate students. The readership will also include those outside philosophy interested in the interrelationship of philosophy and science.

ISBN: 9780521065665

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm

Weight: 540g

424 pages