Add to ORKGWhat are the laws of nature? Are they abstract entities that govern physical processes? Or are they merely useful summaries that describe patterns in nature? In this thesis, I explore offer arguments for the former view– what is known as inflationism regarding laws of nature. It is my hope that by excavating and evaluating the role epistemological concerns have played in this debate, we may find new avenues to break this long-standing metaphysical stalemat
This dissertation develops a novel theory of laws of nature in the “Best System” tradition, with the...
This dissertation explores the idea that laws of nature are tools for gaining and employing informat...
The book is concerned with the laws of nature and in particular with the laws of physics. The author...
Over the past 50 years, there has been a great deal of philosophical interest in laws of nature, per...
Over the past 50 years, there has been a great deal of philosophical interest in laws of nature, per...
The conception of a ‘law of nature’ is a human product. It was created to play a role in natural phi...
The debate on the metaphysics of laws of nature is one of the many disputes in the metaphysics of sc...
I combine the idea of a primitive ontology with the metaphysics of laws of nature. In so doing, I ex...
The status of laws of nature has been the locus of a lively debate in recent philosophy. Most partic...
It is an underappreciated fact within the philosophical literature on laws of nature that many scien...
Once something is said of something else, this “what it is that exists” or X of which what is said i...
Metaphysics should follow science in postulating laws alongside properties. I defend this claim agai...
The medieval concept of a law of Nature (physical law) as literally being a law of God mandated to N...
It is often assumed that science provides the most accurate knowledge about nature. This view not on...
The view that takes laws of nature to be essentially nothing more than descriptions of facts is stil...
This dissertation develops a novel theory of laws of nature in the “Best System” tradition, with the...
This dissertation explores the idea that laws of nature are tools for gaining and employing informat...
The book is concerned with the laws of nature and in particular with the laws of physics. The author...
Over the past 50 years, there has been a great deal of philosophical interest in laws of nature, per...
Over the past 50 years, there has been a great deal of philosophical interest in laws of nature, per...
The conception of a ‘law of nature’ is a human product. It was created to play a role in natural phi...
The debate on the metaphysics of laws of nature is one of the many disputes in the metaphysics of sc...
I combine the idea of a primitive ontology with the metaphysics of laws of nature. In so doing, I ex...
The status of laws of nature has been the locus of a lively debate in recent philosophy. Most partic...
It is an underappreciated fact within the philosophical literature on laws of nature that many scien...
Once something is said of something else, this “what it is that exists” or X of which what is said i...
Metaphysics should follow science in postulating laws alongside properties. I defend this claim agai...
The medieval concept of a law of Nature (physical law) as literally being a law of God mandated to N...
It is often assumed that science provides the most accurate knowledge about nature. This view not on...
The view that takes laws of nature to be essentially nothing more than descriptions of facts is stil...
This dissertation develops a novel theory of laws of nature in the “Best System” tradition, with the...
This dissertation explores the idea that laws of nature are tools for gaining and employing informat...
The book is concerned with the laws of nature and in particular with the laws of physics. The author...