Special science generalizations admit of exceptions. Among the class of non-exceptionless special science generalizations, I distinguish (what I will call) minutis rectis (mr) generalizations from the more familiar category of ceteris paribus (cp) generalizations. I argue that the challenges involved in showing that mr generalizations can play the law role are underappreciated, and quite different from those involved in showing that cp generalizations can do so. I outline some potential strategies for meeting the challenges posed by mr generalizations
This paper explores whether it is possible to reformulate or re-interpret Lewis’s theory of fundamen...
Laws of nature take center stage in philosophy of science. Laws are usually believed to stand in a t...
Earman and Roberts propose to interpret non-strict special science generalizations as statistical ge...
Abstract. Special science generalizations admit of exceptions. Among the class of non-exceptionless ...
In this paper I criticize the commonly accepted idea that the generalizations of the special science...
Woodward (2002) argues that there are heterogeneous kinds of ceteris paribus generalisation, which c...
Law-like generalisations hedged with a ceteris paribus-clause such as widely in use in psychology, t...
Although there is an ongoing controversy in philosophy of science about so called ceteris ...
Many philosophers of science think that most laws of nature (even those of fundamental physics) are ...
Ceteris Paribus (cp-)laws may be said to hold only “other things equal,” signaling that their truth ...
Many philosophers of science think that most laws of nature (even those of fundamental ph...
Can laws of nature be universal regularities and nevertheless have exceptions? Several answers to th...
After a brief survey of the literature on ceteris paribus clauses and ceteris paribus laws (1), the ...
Some writers have urged that evolutionary theory produces generalizations that hold only ceteris par...
An otherwise law-like generalisation hedged by a ceteris paribus (CP) clause quali-fies as a law of ...
This paper explores whether it is possible to reformulate or re-interpret Lewis’s theory of fundamen...
Laws of nature take center stage in philosophy of science. Laws are usually believed to stand in a t...
Earman and Roberts propose to interpret non-strict special science generalizations as statistical ge...
Abstract. Special science generalizations admit of exceptions. Among the class of non-exceptionless ...
In this paper I criticize the commonly accepted idea that the generalizations of the special science...
Woodward (2002) argues that there are heterogeneous kinds of ceteris paribus generalisation, which c...
Law-like generalisations hedged with a ceteris paribus-clause such as widely in use in psychology, t...
Although there is an ongoing controversy in philosophy of science about so called ceteris ...
Many philosophers of science think that most laws of nature (even those of fundamental physics) are ...
Ceteris Paribus (cp-)laws may be said to hold only “other things equal,” signaling that their truth ...
Many philosophers of science think that most laws of nature (even those of fundamental ph...
Can laws of nature be universal regularities and nevertheless have exceptions? Several answers to th...
After a brief survey of the literature on ceteris paribus clauses and ceteris paribus laws (1), the ...
Some writers have urged that evolutionary theory produces generalizations that hold only ceteris par...
An otherwise law-like generalisation hedged by a ceteris paribus (CP) clause quali-fies as a law of ...
This paper explores whether it is possible to reformulate or re-interpret Lewis’s theory of fundamen...
Laws of nature take center stage in philosophy of science. Laws are usually believed to stand in a t...
Earman and Roberts propose to interpret non-strict special science generalizations as statistical ge...