Physical explanations and biological explanations, empirical laws and a priori laws

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-374

  Press, Joel ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apriori laws; Biological laws; Covering law; Deductive nomological; Dispositions; Empirical laws; Kitcher; Physical laws; Rosenberg; Sober

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; MODELING; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICS;

EID: 66749139580     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-007-9096-4     Document Type: Article

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