The Routledge handbook of mechanisms and mechanical philosophy / edited by Stuart Glennan and Phyllis Illari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glennan, Stuart, editor.

Illari, Phyllis McKay, editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Routledge handbooks in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mechanical movements--History.

Mechanical movements.

Mechanical engineering--History.

Mechanical engineering.

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1 [edition].

Other Title:

Handbook of mechanisms and mechanical philosophy

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Scientists studying the burning of stars, the evolution of species, DNA, the brain, the economy, and social change, all frequently describe their work as searching for mechanisms. Despite this fact, for much of the twentieth century philosophical discussions of the nature of mechanisms remained outside philosophy of science. The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into four Parts: Historical perspectives on mechanisms, The nature of mechanisms, Mechanisms and the philosophy of science, Disciplinary perspectives on mechanisms. Within these Parts central topics and problems are examined, including the rise of mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century; what mechanisms are made of and how they are organized; mechanisms and laws and regularities; how mechanisms are discovered and explained; dynamical systems theory; and disciplinary perspectives from physics, chemistry, biology, biomedicine, ecology, neuroscience, and the social sciences. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science, the Handbook will also be of interest to those in related fields, such as metaphysics, philosophy of psychology, and history of science. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: mechanisms and mechanical philosophies / Stuart Glennan Glennan, Stuart, Phyllis Illari Illari, Phyllis 1

Part I Historical perspectives on mechanisms 11

2 Mechanisms: ancient sources / Tiberiu Popa Popa, Tiberiu 13

3 From the mechanical philosophy to early modern mechanisms / Sophie Roux Roux, Sophie 26

4 The origins of the reaction mechanism / William Goodwin Goodwin, William 46

5 Mechanism, organicism, and vitalism / Garland E. Allen Allen, Garland E. 59

6 Mechanisms and the mental / Marcin Milkowski Milkowski, Marcin 74

Part II The nature of mechanisms 89

7 Varieties of mechanisms / Stuart Glennan Glennan, Stuart, Phyllis Illari Illari, Phyllis 91

8 Mechanisms, phenomena, and functions / Justin Garson Garson, Justin 104

9 The components and boundaries of mechanisms / Marie I. Kaiser Kaiser, Marie I. 116

10 Mechanisms and the metaphysics of causation / Lucas J. Matthews Matthews, Lucas J., James Tabery Tabery, James 131

11 Mechanisms, counterfactuals, and laws / Stavros Ioannidis Ioannidis, Stavros, Stathis Psillos Psillos, Stathis 144

12 What would Hume say? Regularities, laws, and mechanisms / Holly Andersen Andersen, Holly 157

13 Probability and chance in mechanisms / Marshall Abrams Abrams, Marshall 169

14 Mechanistic levels, reduction, and emergence / Mark Povich Povich, Mark, Carl F. Craver Craver, Carl F. 185

15 Mechanisms and natural kinds / Emma Tobin Tobin, Emma 198

Part III Mechanisms and the philosophy of science 211

16 Mechanistic explanation and its limits / Marta Halina Halina, Marta 213

17 Models of mechanisms / John Matthewson Matthewson, John 225

18 Explaining visually using mechanism diagrams / Adele Abrahamsen Abrahamsen, Adele, Benjamin Sheredos Sheredos, Benjamin, William Bechtel Bechtel, William 238

19 Strategies for discovering mechanisms / Lindley Darden Darden, Lindley 255

20 Mechanisms and dynamical systems / David Michael Kaplan Kaplan, David Michael 267

Part IV Disciplinary perspectives on mechanisms 281

21 Mechanisms in physics / Meinard Kuhlmann Kuhlmann, Meinard 283

22 Mechanisms in evolutionary biology / Lane DesAutels DesAutels, Lane 296

23 Mechanisms in molecular biology / Tudor M. Baetu Baetu, Tudor M. 308

24 Mechanisms and biomedicine / Brendan Clarke Clarke, Brendan, Federica Russo Russo, Federica 319

25 Developmental mechanisms / Alan C. Love Love, Alan C. 332

26 Mechanisms in ecology / Viorel Pâslaru Pâslaru, Viorel 348

27 Systems biology and mechanistic explanation / Ingo Brigandt Brigandt, Ingo, Sara Green Green, Sara, Maureen A. O'Malley O'Malley, Maureen A. 362

28 Mechanistic explanation in neuroscience / Catherine Stinson Stinson, Catherine, Jacqueline Sullivan Sullivan, Jacqueline 375

29 Mechanisms in cognitive science / Carlos Zednik Zednik, Carlos 389

30 Social mechanisms / Petri Ylikoski Ylikoski, Petri 401

31 Disaggregating historical explanation: the move to social mechanisms / Daniel Little Little, Daniel 413

32 Mechanisms in economics / Caterina Marchionni Marchionni, Caterina 423

33 Computational mechanisms / Gualtiero Piccinini Piccinini, Gualtiero 435

34 Mechanisms and engineering science / Dingmar van Eck Eck, Dingmar van 447.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781317552307

131755230X

9781317552291

1317552296

OCLC:

993595825

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