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Metaphysicians speak of laws of nature in terms of necessity and universality; scientists, in terms of symmetry and invariance. In this book van Fraassen argues that no metaphysical account of laws can succeed. He analyzes and rejects the arguments that there are laws of nature, or that we must believe there are, and argues that we should disregard the idea of law as an adequate clue to science. After exploring what this means for general epistemology, the author develops the empiricist view of science as a construction of models to represent the phenomena.

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Oxford University Press
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paperback
ASIN
0198248601
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Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Astronomy & Space Science > Cosmology
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Amazon UK
Release Date
04 January 1990
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06 February 2007

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