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How the Laws of Physics Lie
How the Laws of Physics Lie
Author: Nancy Cartwright
In this sequence of philosophical essays about natural science, the author argues that fundamental explanatory laws, the deepest and most admired successes of modern physics, do not in fact describe regularities that exist in nature. Cartwright draws from many real-life examples to propound a novel distinction: that theoretical entities, and th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198247043
ISBN-10: 0198247044
Publication Date: 7/7/1983
Pages: 232
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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