Overview
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Peter Mittelstaedt
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Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
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Paul A. Weingartner
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Institut für Philosophie, Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Fills a gap on the foundations of the natural sciences in the modern literature
Goal is to encourage the dialogue between scientists and philosophers
Both authors are internationally well-established experts on the philosophy of sciences
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 1-2
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What is a Law of Nature?
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 5-12
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 13-26
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 27-47
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 49-62
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Properties of Laws
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 65-93
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 95-140
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 141-173
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 175-198
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 199-264
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 265-279
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 281-306
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Why are Laws of Nature Valid?
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Front Matter
Pages 307-307
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 309-328
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- Peter Mittelstaedt, Paul A. Weingartner
Pages 329-346
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Pages C1-C1
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Back Matter
Pages 347-376
About this book
Thisbook isnotatextbook tobecomeacquainted with thelaws ofnature. An elementaryknowledgeaboutlawsofnature,inparticularthelawsofphysics,is presupposed. Thebookisratherintendedtoprovideaclari?cationofconcepts and properties of the laws of nature. The authors would like to emphasise that this book has been developed – created – as a real teamwork. Although the chapters (and in some cases parts of the chapters) were originally written by one of the two authors, all of them were discussed thoroughly and in detail and have been revised and complemented afterwards. Even if both authors were in agreement on most of the foundational issues discussed in the book, they did not feel it necessary to balance every viewpoint. Thus some individual and personal di?erence or emphasis will still be recognisable from the chapters written by the di?erent authors. In this sense the authors feel speci?cally responsible for the chapters as follows: Mittelstaedt for Chaps. 4, 9. 3, 10, 11. 2, 12, 13 and Weingartner for Chaps. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8. 2, 9. 2, 9. 4. The remaining parts are joint sections. Most of the chapters are formulated as questions and they begin with arguments pro and contra. Then a detailed answer is proposed which contains a systematic discussion of the question. This is the respective main part of the chapter. It sometimes begins with a survey of the problem by giving some important answers to it from history (cf. Chaps. 6 and 9).
Authors and Affiliations
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Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
Peter Mittelstaedt
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Institut für Philosophie, Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Paul A. Weingartner