ISBN:
9789401155168
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 299 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Vienna Circle Collection 22
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
;
Genetic epistemology
;
Science Philosophy
;
History
;
Science—Philosophy.
;
History.
;
Physics—Philosophy.
;
Knowledge, Theory of.
Abstract:
The Law of Causality and its Limits (1931) a principal work from the classical period of the Vienna Circle, was written by Philipp Frank, a physicist and philosopher, to clarify the strengths and weaknesses of the notion of causal explanation. The book contains analyses of central issues in the philosophy of science: meaning of general statements, determinism, vitalism, lawfulness in biology and physical science, irreversibility, cause and chance, among others
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-011-5516-8
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