Mechanisms in science method or metaphysics? Stavros Ioannidis, Stathis Psillos

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ioannidis, Stavros, author.

Psillos, Stathis, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mechanism (Philosophy).

Biology--Philosophy.

Biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press 2022

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 11, 2022)

Other Format:

Print version Ioannidis, Stavros. Mechanisms in science

ISBN:

9781009019668

100901966X

OCLC:

1287750968

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