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Barry Loewer presents a novel account of the metaphysics of law of nature, chances, fundamental ontology and the space-time arena they occupy. He calls this the Package Deal Account. This aims to answer Stephen Hawking's question "What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes...

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Main Author:	Loewer, Barry (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2024].
Subjects:	Metaphysics. Philosophy of nature.

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