Explanation, quantity, and law. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Forge.
• Authors: Forge, John, 1946-
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1: New Directions in the Theory of Explanation; 2: Explanation and Mechanism; 3: The Instance Theory of Explanation; 4: Errors of Measurement and Explanation-as-Unification; 5: Theoretical Explanation and Errors of Measurement; 6: Ellis' Theory of Quantities; 7: Bigelow and Pargetter on Quantities; 8: Laws of Nature; 9: Laws as Relations between Quantities; 10: Quantum Mechanical Quantities; 11: Explanation and the Quantum State; 12: Reflections and Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 530.01; Physics -- Philosophy; Science -- Philosophy; Science -- Methodology; SCIENCE / Energy; SCIENCE / Mechanics / General; SCIENCE / Physics / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Science -- Philosophy; Science -- Methodology; Physics -- Philosophy; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429459887; 0429459882; 0429862059; 9780429862052; 9780429862045; 0429862040; 9780429862038; 0429862032
• Related ISBNs: 1138625507; 9781138625501
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.