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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 accessible survey of the field. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 257 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199745036 019974503X 0195328132 9780195328134 9780199870042 0199870047 |