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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811642203321

Autore

Mumford Stephen

Titolo

Laws in nature / / Stephen Mumford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-134-38650-8

0-203-35420-6

1-134-38651-6

1-280-05301-1

0-203-45842-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy ; ; 18

Disciplina

117.22

Soggetti

Law (Philosophical concept)

Power (Philosophy)

Philosophy of nature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Laws in science and philosophy; Humean lawlessness; The lawless world; Regularities and best systems; Hume's argument; Nomological realism; The nomological argument; Natural necessitation relations; Necessitarian essentialism; Realist lawlessness; Are natural laws a natural kind?; The Central Dilemma; Modal properties; Objections and replies; Conclusion: law and metaphor; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mumford outlines a major new theory of natural laws. His book begins with the question of whether there are any genuinely law-like phenomena in nature. The discussion addresses questions currently being debated by metaphysicians such as whether the laws of nature are necessary or contingent and whether a property can be identified independently of its causal role.