02990oam 2200733I 450 991081164220332120230616235506.01-134-38650-80-203-35420-61-134-38651-61-280-05301-10-203-45842-710.4324/9780203458426 (CKB)1000000000251383(EBL)200325(OCoLC)304076667(SSID)ssj0000301426(PQKBManifestationID)11193542(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301426(PQKBWorkID)10263890(PQKB)10314311(SSID)ssj0001146586(PQKBManifestationID)12385507(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001146586(PQKBWorkID)11130092(PQKB)11471965(MiAaPQ)EBC200325(Au-PeEL)EBL200325(CaPaEBR)ebr10093793(CaONFJC)MIL5301(OCoLC)56588209(EXLCZ)99100000000025138320180331d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLaws in nature /Stephen MumfordLondon ;New York :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (247 p.)Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy ;18Description based upon print version of record.0-415-40782-6 0-415-31128-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-224) and index.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; IndexMumford 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.Routledge studies in twentieth century philosophy ;18.Law (Philosophical concept)Power (Philosophy)Philosophy of natureLaw (Philosophical concept)Power (Philosophy)Philosophy of nature.117.22Mumford Stephen.923261MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811642203321Laws in nature4025396UNINA