The dappled world
by Nancy Cartwright · first published 1999
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…which tend to be completely wrong in the material world, and require all kinds of simplifications and specializations in order to make this concrete jet engine work. [0] [0]: good review of her book Dappled World [pdf] http://bit.ly/TLcMAD
on “A letter to the TEDx community on TEDx and bad science” ↗A similar idea was worked out in more detail by the philosopher of science Nancy Cartwright under the heading of "the dappled world": https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Laws-Physics-Nancy-Cartwright/d... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dappled-World-Study-Boundaries-Scie... It's interesting to see a physicist suggest something similar. Review/summary…
on “The Trouble with Theories of Everything (2015)” ↗