A Minimal Metaphysics for Scientific Practice. Huttemann 9781009010436 New**

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A Minimal Metaphysics for Scientific PracticeAuthor(s): Andreas Httemann\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009010436, 978-1009010436\nSynopsis\nWhat are the metaphysical commitments which best 'make sense' of our scientific practice (rather than our scientific theories)? In this book, Andreas Httemann provides a minimal metaphysics for scientific practice, [url] a metaphysics that refrains from postulating any structure that is explanatorily [url] closely analyses paradigmatic aspects of scientific practice, such as prediction, explanation and manipulation, to consider the questions whether and (if so) what metaphysical presuppositions best account for these practices. He looks at the role which scientific generalisation (laws of nature) play in predicting, testing, and explaining the behaviour of systems. He also develops a theory of causation in terms of quasi-inertial processes and interferi.