Devil in the Details - Asymptotic Reasoning in Explanation, Reduction, and Emergence

Klappentext Robert Batterman examines a form of scientific reasoning called asymptotic reasoning, arguing that it has important consequences for our understanding of the scientific process as a whole. He maintains that asymptotic reasoning is essential for explaining what physicists call universal behavior. With clarity and rigor, he simplifies complex questions about universal behavior, demonstrating a profound understanding of the underlying structures that ground them. This book introduces a valuable new method that is certain to fill explanatory gaps across disciplines. Zusammenfassung Robert Batterman examines a form of scientific reasoning called asymptotic reasoning, arguing that it has important consequences for our understanding of the scientific process as a whole. He maintains that asymptotic reasoning is essential for explaining what physicists call universal behavior. With clarity and rigor, he simplifies complex questions about universal behavior, demonstrating a profound understanding of the underlying structures that ground them. This book introduces a valuable new method that is certain to fill explanatory gaps across disciplines. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Asymptotic Reasoning 3: Philosophical Theories of Explanation 4: Asymptotic Explanation 5: Philosophical Models of Reduction 6: Intertheoretic Relations - Optics 7: Intertheoretic Relations - Mechanics 8: Emergence 9: Conclusion Bibliography Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dr Robert W. (Associate Professor of Philosophy Batterman, Robert W. Batterman, Robert W. (Professor of Philosophy Batterman
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.12.2006
• EAN: 9780195314885
• ISBN: 978-0-19-531488-5
• Seiten: 156
• Serien: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science; Oxford Studies in the Philosop; Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge