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The Distinctness of Biology
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Kapitel in diesem Buch
- I-X I
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I. Introduction
- Laws of Nature – Laws of Science 3
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II. Philosophical Views
- The Neo-Humean Perspective: Laws as Regularities 67
- The Necessitarian Perspective: Laws as Natural Entailments 92
- The Skeptical Perspective: Science without Laws of Nature 120
- The Middle Ground: Resiliency and Laws in the Web of Belief 139
- The New Aspect: Symmetries as Meta-Laws 157
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III. Scientific Views
- Laws and Experiment 191
- Laws and Theories: Generality versus Coherence 208
- Laws and Chaos 227
- Algorithmic Compressibility, Fundamental and Phenomenological Laws 248
- The Distinctness of Biology 268
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IV. Historical Views
- Origins of Scientific “Law” 289
- Algamation of a Concept: Laws of Nature in the New Sciences 316
- Theory Bound and Unbound: Superstrings and Experiments 369
- List of Contributors 409
- Subject Index 411
- Names Index 418
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- I-X I
-
I. Introduction
- Laws of Nature – Laws of Science 3
-
II. Philosophical Views
- The Neo-Humean Perspective: Laws as Regularities 67
- The Necessitarian Perspective: Laws as Natural Entailments 92
- The Skeptical Perspective: Science without Laws of Nature 120
- The Middle Ground: Resiliency and Laws in the Web of Belief 139
- The New Aspect: Symmetries as Meta-Laws 157
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III. Scientific Views
- Laws and Experiment 191
- Laws and Theories: Generality versus Coherence 208
- Laws and Chaos 227
- Algorithmic Compressibility, Fundamental and Phenomenological Laws 248
- The Distinctness of Biology 268
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IV. Historical Views
- Origins of Scientific “Law” 289
- Algamation of a Concept: Laws of Nature in the New Sciences 316
- Theory Bound and Unbound: Superstrings and Experiments 369
- List of Contributors 409
- Subject Index 411
- Names Index 418