Natural and social sciences seem very often, though usually only
implicitly, to hedge their laws by ceteris paribus clauses - a
practice which is philosophically very hard to understand because such
clauses seem to render the laws trivial and unfalsifiable. After early
worries the issue is vigorously discussed in the philosophy of science
and the philosophy of mind since ca. 15 years.
This volume collects the most prominent philosophers of science in the
field and presents a lively, controversial, but well-integrated, highly
original and up-to-date discussion of the issue. It will be the
reference book in the coming years concerning ceteris paribus laws.