{"product_id":"routledge-handbook-of-mechanisms-and-mechanical-philosophy","title":"Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eScientists studying the burning of stars, the evolution of species, DNA, the brain, the economy, and social change, all frequently describe their work as searching for mechanisms. Despite this fact, for much of the twentieth century philosophical discussions of the nature of mechanisms remained outside philosophy of science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors, the \u003cem\u003eHandbook\u003c\/em\u003e is divided into four Parts:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical perspectives on mechanisms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe nature of mechanisms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMechanisms and the philosophy of science\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisciplinary perspectives on mechanisms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin these Parts central topics and problems are examined, including the rise of mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century; what mechanisms are made of and how they are organized; mechanisms and laws and regularities; how mechanisms are discovered and explained; dynamical systems theory; and disciplinary perspectives from physics, chemistry, biology, biomedicine, ecology, neuroscience, and the social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science, the \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e will also be of interest to those in related fields, such as metaphysics, philosophy of psychology, and history of science.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232618107224,"sku":"9780367573416","price":64.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367573416.jpg?v=1777193153","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/routledge-handbook-of-mechanisms-and-mechanical-philosophy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}