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Scientific nihilism : on the loss and recovery of physical explanation
- Title
- Scientific nihilism : on the loss and recovery of physical explanation / Daniel Athearn.
- Author
- Athearn, Daniel, 1951-
- Publication
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [1994], ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QC6.4.C3 A86 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 387 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- SUNY series in philosophy
- Uniform Title
- SUNY series in philosophy.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-380) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Current Outlooks in the Shadow of the Technicalization of Physics. 1. The Causalist Quest in Physical Science. 2. "Law Explanation" 3. Philosophy and the Structure of Causation. 4. Causal Realist Projects, I. 5. Causal Realist Projects, II -- Pt. 2. Physical Ontology. 6. Radiation and Causality. 7. Time, Space, and Genetic Structure. 8. Interatomic Reality. 9. Absolute Causal Reference. 10. Velocity C and Emergent Extension.
- ISBN
- 0791418073 (alk. paper)
- 0791418081 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 93012869
- OCLC
- 27810919
- ocm27810919
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries