Scientific Essentialism and the Lewis/Ramsey Account of Laws of Nature
Humean interpretations claim that laws of nature merely summarize events. Non-Humean interpretations claim that laws force events to occur in certain patterns. First, I show that the Lewis/Ramsey account of lawhood, which claims that laws are axioms or theorems of the simplest strongest summary of e...
Other Authors: | Hermes, Charles Monroe (authoraut) |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | English English |
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Florida State University
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Online Access: | http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-4091 |
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