Bas C. van Fraassen       Laws and Symmetry

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REVIEWS ARTICLES SYMPOSIA
  • Paul C. L. Tang
    Isis 83, No. 1 (Mar., 1992), pp. 176-177
  • Michael Tooley
    The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Vol. 46, No. 2 (Jun., 1995), pp. 280-283
  • Joel M. Smith
    Philosophy of Science Vol. 60, No. 4 (Dec., 1993), pp. 661-662
  • Huw Price; Lloyd Reinhardt
    Mind New Series 100, No. 1 (Jan., 1991), pp. 149-152
  • Adam Morton
    The Philosophical Review Vol. 102, No. 3 (Jul., 1993), pp. 408-410
  • Peter Menzies
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 71 (1993), 94-97

A Selection of Journal Articles

  • Andre Kukla "The two anti-realisms of Bas van Fraassen Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part A Volume 26, Issue 3, September 1995, Pages 431-454
  • Michel Ghins "Scientific Realism and Invariance" Philosophical Issues 2 (1992), pp. 249-262
  • Igor Douven "Inference to the Best Explanation Made Coherent" Philosophy of Science 66 (Sep., 1999), pp. S424-S435
  • Peter Lipton "The Best Explanation of a Scientific Paper" Philosophy of Science 65, No. 3 (Sep., 1998), pp. 406-410
  • Ilkka Niiniluoto "Defending Abduction" Philosophy of Science 66 (Sep., 1999), pp. S436-S451. .
  • John F. Halpin "Nomic Necessity and Empiricism" No�s 33, No. 4 (Dec., 1999), pp. 630-643.
  • John Bigelow; Brian Ellis; Caroline Lierse "The World as One of a Kind: Natural Necessity and Laws of Nature" The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 43, No. 3 (Sep., 1992), pp. 371-388.
  • Marc Lange "Why Are the Laws of Nature So Important to Science?" Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 59, No. 3 (Sep., 1999), pp. 625-652.
  • Crawford L. Elder "Laws, Natures, and Contingent Necessities" Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Vol. 54, No. 3 (Sep., 1994), pp. 649-667


  • Symposium on the book, in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research Vol. 53, No. 2 (Jun., 1993):

    • 411-412 Bas C. van Fraassen Pr�cis of Laws and Symmetry
    • 413-419 John Earman "In Defense of Laws: Reflections on Bas van Fraassen's Laws and Symmetry"
    • 420-422 David M. Armstrong "The Identification Problem and the Inference Problem"
    • 423-429 Nancy Cartwright "In Defence of `This Worldly' Causality: Comments on van Fraassen's Laws and Symmetry"
    • 431-444 Bas C. van Fraassen "Armstrong, Cartwright, and Earman on Laws and Symmetry"

Corrections to the book, and additions to these lists, very welcome!