Springer-Verlag Berlin, 2005, 381 pages
The book is conceed with the laws of nature and in particular with the laws of physics. The authors discuss three important questions: First, whether the observed regularities are based on strict "laws of nature" that hold rigorously and without any exception. Second, what we call a "law of nature" is studied by comparing this concept with invariance principles, causality principles, teleological principles and means of predicting future events.
What is a Law of Nature?
Are there Laws of Nature at All?
Can the Laws of Nature be Genuine Laws?
Are the Laws of Logic Laws of Nature?
Are the Laws of Mathematics Laws of Nature?
Properties of Laws
Does Every Law of Nature Express an Invariance (Symmetry)?
Is Every Law of Nature Spacetime Invariant?
Dynamical and Statistical Laws
Laws, Boundary Conditions, and Constants of Nature
Causality and Predictability
Laws and Objects
Completeness and Reliability
Why are Laws of Nature Valid?
Statistical Laws
Quantum Logic
The book is conceed with the laws of nature and in particular with the laws of physics. The authors discuss three important questions: First, whether the observed regularities are based on strict "laws of nature" that hold rigorously and without any exception. Second, what we call a "law of nature" is studied by comparing this concept with invariance principles, causality principles, teleological principles and means of predicting future events.
What is a Law of Nature?
Are there Laws of Nature at All?
Can the Laws of Nature be Genuine Laws?
Are the Laws of Logic Laws of Nature?
Are the Laws of Mathematics Laws of Nature?
Properties of Laws
Does Every Law of Nature Express an Invariance (Symmetry)?
Is Every Law of Nature Spacetime Invariant?
Dynamical and Statistical Laws
Laws, Boundary Conditions, and Constants of Nature
Causality and Predictability
Laws and Objects
Completeness and Reliability
Why are Laws of Nature Valid?
Statistical Laws
Quantum Logic