The Law of Causality and Its Limits
By: by Philipp Frank ; edited by Robert S. Cohen
Contributors: Cohen, Robert S.
Series: Vienna Circle Collection -- 22; Vienna Circle Collection -- 22
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9789401063234; 9789401155168
Subjects: Science; Genetic epistemology; Philosophy; Philosophy (General); History
Description: The Law of Causality and its Limits (1931) a principal work from the classical period of the Vienna Circle, was written by Philipp Frank, a physicist and philosopher, to clarify the strengths and weaknesses of the notion of causal explanation. The book contains analyses of central issues in the philosophy of science: meaning of general statements, determinism, vitalism, lawfulness in biology and physical science, irreversibility, cause and chance, among others.
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