Ceteris Paribus Laws and the Human Sciences
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Ceteris Paribus Laws and the Human Sciences
In opposition to the traditional conception of scientific laws as universal and exceptionless generalizations that hold everywhere and throughout all times, some philosophers of science have proposed the idea of a ceteris paribus law (CP law), i.e., a law that is true " all else being equal " , in the sense that it can admit of exceptions because of the influence of interfering factors. The leg...
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عنوان ژورنال: Disputatio
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0873-626X
DOI: 10.2478/disp-2012-0034