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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1994 State University of New York
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Athearn, Daniel, 1951 Scientific nihilism: On the loss and recovery of physical explanation / Daniel Athearn. p. cm. ( series in philosophy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-1807-3 (alk. paper).ISBN 0-7914-1808-1 (pbk. :alk. paper) 1. Causality (Physics) 2. PhysicsPhilosophy. 3. Science Philosophy. I. Title. II. Series. QC6.4C3A86 1994 530'.01dc2093-12869 CIP
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
ix
PART ONE Current Outlooks in the Shadow of the Technicalization of Physics
Introduction
1
1 The Causalist Quest in Physical Science
15
Early Philosophical Turbulence
16
Advanced Causalist Physics
21
The New Era of Physics and the Reign of the Cult of Surfaces
29
2 "Law Explanation"
57
Foundations of Logico-Empiricism
57
Instrumentalism and Antirealism: Breaking the Link
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