A Primer on Determinism

The title of this work is to be taken seriously: it is a small book for teaching students to read the language of determinism. Some prior knowledge of college—level mathematics and physics is presupposed, but otherwise the book is suitable for use in an advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate course in the philosophy of science. While writing I had in mind primarily a philosophical audience, but I hope that students and colleagues from the sciences will also find the treatment of scien...