{"product_id":"laws-and-symmetry-bas-c-van-fraassen-9780198248606","title":"Laws and Symmetry","description":"Metaphysicians speak of laws of nature in terms of necessity and universality; scientists, in terms of symmetry and invariance. In this book van Fraassen argues that no metaphysical account of laws can succeed. He analyzes and rejects the arguments that there are laws of nature, or that we must believe there are, and argues that we should disregard the idea of law as an adequate clue to science. After exploring what this means for general epistemology, the author develops the empiricist view of science as a construction of models to represent the phenomena.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bas C. Van Fraassen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198248601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198248606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clarendon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.50w x 0.97d","brand":"Bas C. Van Fraassen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119421419775,"sku":"9780198248606","price":74.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61cc464e-bdaa-4c83-9818-18a9e1208ddb.jpg?v=1687409253","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/laws-and-symmetry-bas-c-van-fraassen-9780198248606","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}