{"product_id":"laws-of-nature-9780198746775","title":"Laws of Nature","description":"What is the origin of the concept of a law of nature? How much does it owe to theology and metaphysics? To what extent do the laws of nature permit contingency? Are there exceptions to the laws of nature? Is it possible to give a reductive analysis of lawhood, or is it a primitive? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwelve brand-new essays by an international team of leading philosophers take up these and other central questions on the laws of nature, whilst also examining some of the most important intuitions and assumptions that have guided the debate over laws of nature since the concept's invention in the\u003cbr\u003eseventeenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eLaws of Nature\u003c\/em\u003e spans the history of philosophy and of science, contemporary metaphysics, and contemporary philosophy of science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Ott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198746775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Ott\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eDescartes, Malebranche, and the Crisis of Perception\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford, 2017), \u003cem\u003eCausation and Laws of Nature in Early Modern Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford) and \u003cem\u003eLocke's Philosophy of Language\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge). His work has appeared in such journals as the \u003cem\u003eArchiv fur Geschichte der Philosophie\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy and Phenomenological Research\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLydia Patton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis an Associate Professor at Virginia Tech. She edited \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy, Science, and History: A Guide and Reader\u003c\/em\u003e (Routledge), and co-edited, with Benjamin Jantzen and Deborah Mayo, the issue Ontology and Methodology (Synthese). Her work has appeared in Synthese, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, Kant-Studien, and Historia Mathematica, among others, and in \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of German Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2017, she will become editor-in-chief of \u003cem\u003eHOPOS\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40171863146611,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":71.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0f1b5ea5-24e3-4733-9a62-cfeb21816409.jpg?v=1655212094","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/laws-of-nature-9780198746775","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}