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Natural Kinds, Laws of Nature and Scientific Methodology

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Peter J. Riggs

    1. Department of Philosophy, and Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Australia

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Part of the book series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (AUST, volume 12)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. On the Necessity of Natural Kinds

    • John Collier
    Pages 1-10

  3. Natural Kinds and Natural Kind Reasoning

    • Brian Ellis
    Pages 11-28

  4. The Jerrybuilt House of Humeanism

    • Caroline Lierse
    Pages 29-48

  5. Physical Necessity and the Passage of Time

    • Peter Forrest
    Pages 49-62

  6. Theorizing and Empirical Belief

    • F. John Clendinnen
    Pages 63-92

  7. Indifference and Induction

    • Len O’neill
    Pages 93-102

  8. Towards Metamethodology: For the History and Philosophy of Science

    • John F. Fox
    Pages 103-121

  9. Elk Theories — A Galilean Strategy for Validating a New Scientific Discovery

    • Neil Thomason
    Pages 123-144

  10. Of Crows and Quarks: Reflections on the Laws of Quantum Mechanics

    • Adrian Heathcote
    Pages 145-161

  11. Laws and States in Quantum Mechanics

    • John Forge
    Pages 163-185

  12. Instrumental Theories: Possibilities and Space and Time

    • Ian Hinckfuss
    Pages 187-209

  13. Spacetime or Quantum Particles: The Ontology of Quantum Gravity?

    • Peter J. Riggs
    Pages 211-226

  14. Comments on Lierse

    • D. M. Armstrong
    Pages 227-228

  15. Comments on Forge

    • Adrian Heathcote
    Pages 229-233

  16. Comments on Thomason

    • Keith Hutchison
    Pages 235-239

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 241-247
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About this book

Australia and New Zealand boast an active community of scholars working in the field of history, philosophy and social studies of science. 'Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science' aims to provide a distinctive publication outlet for their work. Each volume comprises a group of essays on a connected theme, edited by an Australian or a New Zealander with special expertise in that particular area. In each volume, a majority of the contributors is from Australia or New Zealand. CQntributions from elsewhere are by no means ruled out, however, and are indeed actively encouraged wherever appropriate to the balance of the volume in question. Earlier volumes in the series have been welcomed for significantly advancing the discussion of the topics they have dealt with. The present volume will I believe be greeted equally enthusiastically by readers in many parts of the world. R. W. Home General Editor Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Vll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The stimulus to assemble this collection of essays grew from a number of interesting seminars conducted during the academic years 1991-92, under the auspices of the Victorian Centre for the History and Philosophy of Science (which is centred at the Bundoora campus of La Trobe University in the outer suburbs of Melbourne). Some of the seminar presentations to the Victorian Centre for HPS and other articles awaiting pUblication have been made available as part of the Pre-print Series of the Victorian Centre.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, and Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Australia

    Peter J. Riggs

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Natural Kinds, Laws of Nature and Scientific Methodology

  • Editors: Peter J. Riggs

  • Series Title: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8607-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4225-0Published: 31 October 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4750-2Published: 07 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8607-8Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1871-7381

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1958

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 247

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, History, general, Epistemology, Philosophy of Nature

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