BTW: I believe this may be more in the line of Nick's statement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deductive-nomological_model
Nick?
-- Owen
On Oct 6, 2009, at 8:51 PM, Owen Densmore wrote:
The specific phrase I believe we are discussing is, on page 64:
"The preceding considerations suggest the following redefinition of
emergence: The occurrence of a characteristic W in an object w is
emergent relative to a theory T, a part relation Pt, and a class G
of attributes if that occurrence cannot be deduced by means of T
from a characterization of the Pt-parts of w with respect to all the
attributes in G."
Main Entry: no·mo·log·i·cal
Function: adjective
Etymology: nomology science of physical and logical laws, from
Greek nomos + English -logy
: relating to or expressing basic physical laws or rules of
reasoning <nomological universals>
We have found that the discussions within the book use words in ways
specific to their context. Thus Nick's "deductive nomological
account of explanation" is likely to mean more than the individual
words might imply.
Possibly we are failing to use the word "logic"?
I still think we should add it to the Nictionary if it is of use.
It seems to be.
-- Owen
On Oct 6, 2009, at 5:17 PM, Robert Cordingley wrote:
It's already there:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nomological
Robert C
Owen Densmore wrote:
On Oct 5, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
<snip>
But.... Hempel and Oppenheim are big on the deductiive
nomological account of explanation.
Could you clarify the above? .. and maybe add "nomological" to the
Nictionary?
Thanks!
-- Owen
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