Matter and Mathematics : An Essential Account of Laws of Nature / Andrew Younan and Michael J. Dodds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Younan, Andrew, author.

Dodds, Michael J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural law.

Essentialism (Philosophy).

Nature.

Physical laws.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Piraí : Catholic University of America Press, 2022.

Summary:

"This book is an attempt to understand the natural world, its consistency, and the ontology of what we call laws of nature, with a special focus on their mathematical expression. It does this by arguing in favor of the Essentialist interpretation over that of the Humean and Anti-Humean accounts. It re-examines and critiques Descartes' notion of laws of nature following from God's activity in the world as mover of extended bodies, as well as Hume's arguments against causality and induction. It then presents an Aristotelian-Thomistic account of laws of nature based on mathematical abstraction, necessity, and teleology, finally offering a definition for laws of nature within this framework"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from pdf title page (Project Muse, viewed on April 10, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Younan, Andrew Matter and Mathematics

ISBN:

0-8132-3613-4

OCLC:

1369775786