Mechanistic explanations in physics and beyond. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brigitte Falkenburg, Gregor Schiemann, editors.
• Editors: Falkenburg, Brigitte, 1953-; Schiemann, Gregor
• Contents: Part ​I: INTRODUCTION.- Introduction.- Part II: HISTORICAL APPROACHES.- Chpater 1: Stathis Psillos: Mechanisms, Then and Now.- Chapter 2: Brigitte Falkenburg: Mechanistic Explanations: History, Scope, and Limitations.- Chapter 3: Gregor Schiemann: Old and New Mechanistic Explanations.- Part III: GENERAL QUESTIONS.- Chapter 4: Michel Ghins: Mechanistic Explanation: An Extension and a Defence.- Chapter 5: Marco Buzzoni: Multilevel Reality and Mechanistic Explanations.- Chapter 6: Jan Faye: Causal Mechanism, Complexity, and the Environment.- Chapter 7: Paul Weingartner: Is Every Causal Explanation a Mechanistic Explanation?.- Chapter 8: Hans Lenk: About the New Mechanistical Turn of Causal Epistemology.- Part IV: MECHANISMS IN PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE.- Chapter 9: Dennis Dieks: Explanation and Mechanisms in Physics.- Chapter 10: Ion-Olimpiu Stamatescu: Explanation, the Progress of Physical Theories, and Computer Simulations.- Chapter 11: Itala M. Loffredo D'Ottaviano: Autonomous Action in Complex Mechanical Systems: A Real Dilemma?.- Chapter 12: Vinzenco Fano: Computation and Reality.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 530.01; Mechanism (Philosophy); Physics -- Philosophy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030107079; 3030107078
• Related ISBNs: 9783030107062
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 16, 2019).
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