The Law of Causality and Its Limits / by Philipp Frank; edited by Robert S. Cohen

Englisch

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers ; Dordrecht : Imprint: Springer [1998.], 1998

Online-Ressource (xiii, 299 p) : ill

978-94-011-5516-8

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-94-010-6323-4 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-5516-8

*Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Science -- Philosophy ; History ; Science—Philosophy. ; History. ; Physics—Philosophy. ; Knowledge, Theory of.

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: B67

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 501;

Book Industry Communication: PDA

bisacsh: SCI075000

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

 

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