The Dappled World: A Study of the Boundaries of Science

by Nancy Cartwright

Book Overview

In this book Nancy Cartwright argues against a vision of a uniform world completely ordered under a single elegant theory, and proposes instead a patchwork of laws of nature. Combining classic and newly written essays, The Dappled World offers important methodological lessons for both the natural and the social sciences, and will interest anyone who wants to understand how modern science works.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521644119
• ISBN13: 9780521644112
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"