par Wilson, Mark (1947-....)
Oxford university press
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Disponible - 168.512 WIL
Niveau 2 - Philosophie
Physics avoidance : essays in conceptual strategy
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Wilson, Mark (1947-....)
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Résumé
Mark Wilson presents a series of explorations of our strategies for understanding the world. "Physics avoidance" refers to the fact that we frequently cannot reason about nature in the straightforward manner we anticipate, but must seek alternative policies that allow us to address the questions we want answered in a tractable way. Within both science and everyday life, we find ourselves relying upon thought processes that reach useful answers in opaque and roundabout manners. Conceptual innovators are often puzzled by the techniques they develop, when they stumble across reasoning patterns that are easy to implement but difficult to justify. But simple techniques frequently rest upon complex foundations--a young magician learns how to execute a card-guessing trick without understanding how its progressive steps squeeze in on a proper answer. As we collectively improve our inferential skills in this gradually evolving manner, we often wander into unfamiliar explanatory landscapes in which simple words encode physical information in complex and unanticipated ways.
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Date
- 2017
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Langues
- Anglais
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Description matérielle
- 1 vol. (XVIII-427 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm
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ISBN
- 9780198803478
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Indice
- 168.512 Philosophie des sciences exactes
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Disponible - 168.512 WIL
Niveau 2 - Philosophie
