A Mosaic World: Research on the Boundaries of Science

Author: (English) Cartwright
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: In people's minds, the great success of modern mathematical science supports the arrogant view that the world is entirely arranged by an elegant theory. In this book, the author argues the opposite point. When we form an image of the world through the way modern science operates—just as empiricism teaches us to do—we finally arrive at a world. In this world, some features are precisely ordered, others have only rough regularities, and some operate in their own distinct ways. Laws are very special products of nature, and their emergence requires very special arrangements. "Law assembly" is plausible.