Siegfried Jaag – författare

Humean Laws for Human Agents presents cutting-edge research by leading experts on the Humean account of laws, chance, possibility, and necessity. A central question in metaphysics and philosophy of science is: What are laws of nature? Humeans hold that laws are not sui generis metaphysical entities but merely particularly effective summaries of what actually happens. The most discussed recent work on Humeanism emphasizes the laws'' usefulness for limited agents and uses pragmatic considerations to address fundamental and long-standing problems. The current volume develops and critically examines pragmatic Humean accounts, with innovative new work on the epistemology of laws and chance, the problem of induction, counterfactuals, special science laws, and a Humean account of essence. Taken together, the papers provide a roadmap for developing pragmatic Humeanism and connate views, setting the agenda for future research.

Humean Laws for Human Agents presents cutting-edge research by leading experts on the Humean account of laws, chance, possibility, and necessity. A central question in metaphysics and philosophy of science is: What are laws of nature? Humeans hold that laws are not sui generis metaphysical entities but merely particularly effective summaries of what actually happens. The most discussed recent work on Humeanism emphasizes the laws'' usefulness for limited agents and uses pragmatic considerations to address fundamental and long-standing problems. The current volume develops and critically examines pragmatic Humean accounts, with innovative new work on the epistemology of laws and chance, the problem of induction, counterfactuals, special science laws, and a Humean account of essence. Taken together, the papers provide a roadmap for developing pragmatic Humeanism and connate views, setting the agenda for future research.

Humean Laws for Human Agents presents cutting-edge research by leading experts on the Humean account of laws, chance, possibility, and necessity. A central question in metaphysics and philosophy of science is: What are laws of nature? Humeans hold that laws are not sui generis metaphysical entities but merely particularly effective summaries of what actually happens. The most discussed recent work on Humeanism emphasizes the laws' usefulness for limited agents and uses pragmatic considerations to address fundamental and long-standing problems. The current volume develops and critically examines pragmatic Humean accounts, with innovative new work on the epistemology of laws and chance, the problem of induction, counterfactuals, special science laws, and a Humean account of essence. Taken together, the papers provide a roadmap for developing pragmatic Humeanism and connate views, setting the agenda for future research.

Der naturgesetzliche Charakter der Welt macht Naturvorgänge vorhersagbar, erklärbar und gezielt manipulierbar. Daher bildet der Naturgesetzesbegriff einen integralen Bestandteil der wissenschaftlichen und philosophischen Konzeption der Realität. Die Naturwissenschaften zielen offenbar auf die Entdeckung der Naturgesetze ab, aber sie kümmern sich üblicherweise nicht um die Fragen was Naturgesetze eigentlich sind und was die Naturgesetze letztlich zu Gesetzen macht. Diese Frage nach dem Unterschied zwischen Gesetzen und nicht-Gesetzen steht im Mittelpunkt der philosophischen Debatte über Naturgesetze.

Das Hauptziel dieser Monographie besteht dementsprechend darin, einen detaillierten systematischen Überblick über die wichtigsten Antworten auf diese Frage zu geben. Basierend auf einem Katalog von Adäquatheitsbedingungen für eine Naturgesetzestheorie, diskutieren die Autoren die wichtigsten zeitgenössischen Naturgesetzeskonzeptionen kritisch.

Abschließend präsentieren die Autoren eine verbesserte Version der Beste Systeme Theorie und argumentierten für deren Überlegenheit gegenüber rivalisierenden Naturgesetzestheorien.