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In the section on laws of nature, Psillos considers both the regularity view of laws and laws as relations among universals as well as alternative approaches to laws. In the final section on explanation he examines in detail the issues arising from deductive-nomological explanation and statistical explanation before considering the explanation of laws and the metaphysics of explanation. Accessible to students of all levels the author provides an excellent introduction to one of the most enduring problems of philosophy.

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Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 337 ● ISBN 9780773583955 ● Utgivare MQUP ● Publicerad 2003 ● Nedladdningsbara 3 gånger ● Valuta EUR ● ID 5205249 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM

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