The metaphysics of dappledness: Charles S. Peirce and Nancy Cartwright on the philosophy of science.
Contemporary philosopher of science Nancy Cartwright (b. 1944) has raised many an eyebrow with her books How the Laws of Physics Lie (1983) and The Dappled World (1999), among others. The primary task of this dissertation is to link her philosophy with that of Charles S. Peirce (1839–1914)—a link th...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3289 |