Laws and symmetry

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6562233
AutoresBas C Van Fraassen (Princeton University)
Año1989
Páginas395
Fecha de publicación1989-01-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaLaws and symmetry (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/0198248601.001.0001
ISBN9780198248606, 9780198248118
Open LibraryOL2208096M
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas453
Referencias citadas89

Metaphysicians speak of laws of nature in terms of necessity and universality, and that conception played a role in the birth of modern physics some centuries ago, but today physicists speak in terms of symmetry, transformations, and invariance. Laws and Symmetry's three main objectives are: first, to show the failure of current philosophical accounts of laws of nature; second, to refute arguments for the reality of laws of nature; third, to contrib ute to an epistemology and a philosophy of science antithetical to such metaphysical notions. The latter involves an inquiry into the character and role of symmetry and of symmetry arguments in the physical sciences.

Necessity (Philosophy · Philosophy and science · Philosophy of nature · Symmetry · Controversial literature · Necessity (Philosophy) · Philosophy · Science