000			02045 a2200205 4500
020			_a9781138841697
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a621 _bR765
245			_aThe Routledge handbook of mechanisms and mechanical philosophy _cedited by Stuart Glennan and Phyllis Illari
260			_bRoutledge _c2018 _aOxon
300			_axvii, 474p
440			_aRoutledge handbooks in philosophy
520			_aScientists 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. The 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 Handbook is divided into four Parts: Historical perspectives on mechanisms The nature of mechanisms Mechanisms and the philosophy of science Disciplinary perspectives on mechanisms. Within 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. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science, the Handbook will also be of interest to those in related fields, such as metaphysics, philosophy of psychology, and history of science.
650			_aMechanical movements -- History
650			_aMechanical engineering -- History
700			_aGlennan, Stuart [ed.]
700			_aIllari, Phyllis [ed.]
942			_cBK
999			_c559675 _d559675