Natural Kinds, Laws of Nature and Scientific Methodology

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Kluwer Academic Publishers (1996)
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The essays in this volume of the Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science series are devoted to the subjects of natural kinds, scientific ...

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On the necessity of natural kinds.  (pages 1-10)John Collier
Natural Kinds and Natural Kind Reasoning.  (pages 11-28)Brian Ellas
The jerrybuilt house of Humeanism.  (pages 29--48)Caroline Lierse
Physical necessity and the passage of time.  (pages 49--62)Peter Forrest
Theorizing and Empirical Belief.  (pages 63--92)F. John Clendinnen
Indifference and Induction.  (pages 93--102)Len O'Neill
Towards Metamethodology: For the History and Philosophy of Science.  (pages 103--121)John F. Fox
Elk Theories—A Galilean Strategy for Validating a New Scientific Discovery.  (pages 123--144)Neil Thomason
Of Crows and Quarks: Reflections on the Laws of Quantum Mechanics.  (pages 145--161)Adrian Heathcote
Laws and States in Quantum Mechanics.  (pages 163--185)John Forge
Instrumental Theories: Possibilities and Space and Time.  (pages 187--209)Ian Hinckfuss
Spacetime or Quantum Particles: The Ontology of Quantum Gravity?  (pages 211--226)Peter James Riggs
Comments on Lierse.  (pages 227--228)D. M. Armstrong
Comments on Lierse.  (pages 227)Armstrong David
Adrian Heathcote.  (pages 229)Comments On Forge
Comments on Forge.  (pages 229--233)Adrian Heathcote
Comments on Thomason.  (pages 235--239)Keith Hutchison

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