| Management number | 233380958 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | US$21.62 | Model Number | 233380958 | ||
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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 the complex and localized laws that describe them, can be interpreted realistically, but the simple unifying laws of basic theory cannot. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0198247044 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0198247043 |
| Edition | 1st |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Dimensions | 0.7 x 5.5 x 8.44 inches |
| Item Weight | 11.2 ounces |
| Print length | 230 pages |
| Publication date | July 7, 1983 |
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