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Laws of Nature

Carroll, John W.·1994·Cambridge University Press eBooks
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511619908
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John Carroll undertakes a careful philosophical examination of laws of nature, causation, and other related topics. He argues that laws of nature are not susceptible to the sort of philosophical treatment preferred by empiricists. Indeed he shows that emperically pure matters of fact need not even determine what the laws are. Similar, even stronger, conclusions are drawn about causation. Replacing the traditional view of laws and causation requiring some kind of foundational legitimacy, the author argues that these phenomena are inextricably intertwined with everything else. This distinctively clear and detailed discussion of what it is to be a law will be valuable to a broad swathe of philosophers in metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of science.

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Authors
Carroll, J. W.
Corresponding author
Carroll, John W.
ORCID
Carroll, John W.
Venue
Cambridge University Press eBooks
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
1994-02-25
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511619908
OpenAlex
W4245724896
Cited by
314
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FWCI
4.95
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 5800 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Logic and Philosophy of Science
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
Keywords
laws of nature, causality, empiricism, matters of fact, foundationalism, metaphysics of law, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science

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