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Stephen Mumford
Causation in Science and the Methods of Scientific Discovery
€ 138,34
Causation is the main foundation upon which the possibility of science rests. Without causation, there would be no scientific understanding, explanation, prediction, nor application in new technologies.
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Matthew Tugby
Metaphysics and Science
€ 135,45
This collection brings together the latest new work within an emerging philosophical discipline: the metaphysics of science. A new definition of this line of philosophical enquiry is developed, and leading academics offer original essays on four key topics at the heart of the subject--laws, causation, natural kinds, and emergence.
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Stephen Mumford
Rani Lill Anjum
Getting Causes from Powers
€ 142,68
Causation is everywhere in the world: it features in every science and technology. But how much do we understand it? Mumford and Anjum develop a new theory of causation based on an ontology of real powers or dispositions.
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Stephen Mumford
Watching Sport
€ 279,46
Do we watch sport for pure dumb entertainment? While some people might do so, Stephen Mumford argues that it can be watched in other ways. Sport can be both a subject of high aesthetic values and a valid source for our moral education.
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Stephen Mumford
What Tends to Be
€ 255,76
People tend to enjoy listening to music or watching television, sleeping at night and celebrating birthdays. Plants tend to grow and thrive in sunlight and mild temperatures.
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Rani Lill Anium€ 138,34
Stephen Mumford€ 135,45
Stephen Mumford€ 142,68
Stephen Mumford€ 279,46
Rani Lill Anjum€ 255,76