Ceterus Paribus Laws (Hardcover)

Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science John Earman; Clark Glymour; Sandra Mitchell
Springer
 9781402010200
1-4020-1020-6

Natural and social sciences seem very often to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses - a practice which is philosophically very hard to understand because such clauses seem to render the laws trivial.

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and unfalsifiable. This volume collects the most prominent philosophers of science in the field and presents a lively, controversial, but well-integrated, highly original discussion of the issue. It will be the reference book in the coming years concerning ceteris paribus laws.