Causal necessity : a pragmatic investigation of the necessity of laws / Brian Skyrms.
- Title
- Causal necessity : a pragmatic investigation of the necessity of laws / Brian Skyrms.
- Published by
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 1980.
- Author
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- Description
- xii, 205 p.; 22 cm.
- Subject
- Contents
- Part 1. Laws. Propensities and statistical laws. Universal laws as limiting cases of statistical laws. Generalizations -- pt. 2. Pragmatics of laws. Conditionals. Cause and effect. The role of causal factors in rational decision. Scientific explanation. Knowledge. Resiliency and rules of acceptance.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 189-201.
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