Causal necessity : a pragmatic investigation of the necessity of laws / Brian Skyrms.

Title
  1. Causal necessity : a pragmatic investigation of the necessity of laws / Brian Skyrms.
Published by
  1. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1980.
Author
  1. Skyrms, Brian

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Description
  1. xii, 205 p.; 22 cm.
Subject
  1. Necessity (Philosophy)
  2. Law > Philosophy
  3. Causation
  4. Pragmatics
  5. Causality
Contents
  1. 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
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 189-201.
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