Mechanisms in Science: Method or Metaphysics? (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781316519905)

"When we think about mechanisms there are two general issues we need to consider. The first is broadly epistemic and has to do with the understanding of nature that identifying and knowing mechanisms yields. The second is broadly metaphysical and has to do with the status of mechanisms as building blocks of nature (and in particular, as fundamental constituents of causation). These two issues can be brought together under a certain assumption, which has had long historical pedigree, namely that nature is fundamentally mechanical"--

Author: Stavros Ioannidis, Stathis Psillos
ISBN-10: 1316519902
ISBN-13: 9781316519905
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/23/2022
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2023