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Publication details [#8916]
Skyrms, Brian. 1980. Causal necessity: A pragmatic investigation of the necessity of laws. Yale UP. xii + 205 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Annotation
After an overview of different types of laws, S. presents an outline of their pragmatics, concentrating on conditionals, cause and effect. The relevance for scientific explanation is made explicit.