Laws and lawmakers : science, metaphysics, and the laws of nature /

What distinguishes laws of nature from ordinary facts? What are the 'lawmakers': the facts in virtue of which the laws are laws? How can laws be necessary, yet contingent? Lange provocatively argues that laws are distinguished by their necessity, while also providing a non-technical and ac...

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Main Author:	Lange, Marc, 1963-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:	Philosophy of nature. Physical laws. Philosophy and science. Philosophie de la nature. Lois physiques. Philosophie et sciences. SCIENCE > Cosmology. Philosophy and science Philosophy of nature Physical laws Electronic books.
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