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Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond

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Title/Author:	Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond/ edited by Brigitte Falkenburg, Gregor Schiemann.
other author:	Falkenburg, Brigitte.
Description:	VIII, 220 p. 6 illus.online resource. :
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Mathematics—Philosophy. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10707-9
ISBN:	9783030107079

Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond
Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond[electronic resource] /edited by Brigitte Falkenburg, Gregor Schiemann. - 1st ed. 2019. - VIII, 220 p. 6 illus.online resource. - European Studies in Philosophy of Science,112365-4228 ;. - European Studies in Philosophy of Science,1.

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.

This volume offers a broad, philosophical discussion on mechanical explanations. Coverage ranges from historical approaches and general questions to physics and higher-level sciences . The contributors also consider the topics of complexity, emergence, and reduction. Mechanistic explanations detail how certain properties of a whole stem from the causal activities of its parts. This kind of explanation is in particular employed in explanatory models of the behavior of complex systems. Often used in biology and neuroscience, mechanistic explanation models have been often overlooked in the philosophy of physics. The authors correct this surprising neglect. They trace these models back to their origins in physics. The papers present a comprehensive historical, methodological, and problem-oriented investigation. The contributors also investigate the conditions for using models of mechanistic explanations in physics. The last papers make the bridge from physics to economics, the theory of complex systems and computer science . This book will appeal to graduate students and researchers with an interest in the philosophy of science, scientific explanation, complex systems, models of explanation in physics higher level sciences, and causal mechanisms in science.

ISBN: 9783030107079

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-10707-9doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

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Mathematics—Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: QA8-10.4

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