{"product_id":"the-metaphysics-of-science-an-account-of-modern-science-in-terms-of-principles-laws-and-theories-9781402063275","title":"The Metaphysics of Science: An Account of Modern Science in Terms of Principles, Laws and Theories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Craig Dilworth\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Philosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe roots of this work lie in my earlier book, Scientific Progress, which first appeared in 1981. One of its topics, the distinction - tween scientific laws and theories, is there treated with reference to the same distinction as drawn by N. R. Campbell in his Physics: The Elements. Shortly after completing Scientific Progress, I read Rom Harré's The Principles of Scientific Thinking, in which the concept of theory is even more clearly delineated than in Campbell, being directly connected to the notion of a model - as it was in my book. In subsequent considerations regarding science, Harré's work thus - came my main source of inspiration with regard to theories, while Campbell's remained my main source with respect to empirical laws. Around the same time I also read William Whewell's Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences. In this work, Whewell depicts principles as playing a central role in the formation of science, and conceives of them in much the same way as Kant conceives of fundamental synthetic a priori judgements. The idea that science should have principles as a basic element immediately made sense to me, and from that time I have thought of science in terms of laws, theories and principles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45283035971735,"sku":"9781402063275","price":11017.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781402063275.webp?v=1769303897","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-metaphysics-of-science-an-account-of-modern-science-in-terms-of-principles-laws-and-theories-9781402063275","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}