The New Mechanical Philosophy

The New Mechanical Philosophy
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 279
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ISBN-10 : 9780198779711
ISBN-13 : 0198779712
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Book Synopsis The New Mechanical Philosophy by : Stuart Glennan

Download or read book The New Mechanical Philosophy written by Stuart Glennan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume argues for a new image of science that understands both natural and social phenomena to be the product of mechanisms, casting the work of science as an effort to understand those mechanisms. Glennan offers an account of the nature of mechanisms and of the models used to represent them in physical, life, and social sciences.


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