Because without cause : non-causal explanations in science and mathematics / Marc Lange.
| Author/creator | Lange, Marc, 1963- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017] |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | xxii, 489 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Oxford studies in philosophy of science Oxford studies in philosophy of science. ^A514174 |
| Contents | What makes a scientific explanation distinctively mathematical? -- "There sweep great general principles which all the laws seem to follow" -- The Lorentz Transformations and the structure of explanations by constraint -- The parallelogram of forces and the autonomy of statics -- Really statistical explanations and genetic drift -- Dimensional explanations -- Aspects of mathematical explanation : symmetry, salience, and simplicity -- Mathematical coincidences and mathematical explanations that unify -- Desargues's Theorem as a case study of mathematical explanation, existence, and natural properties -- Mathematical coincidence and scientific explanation -- What makes some reducible physical properties explanatory? |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-482) and index. |
| LCCN | 2016010808 |
| ISBN | 9780190269487 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0190269480 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QA273 .A35 L364 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |