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Laws and lawmakers : science, metaphysics, and the laws of nature / Marc Lange.
- Title
- Laws and lawmakers : science, metaphysics, and the laws of nature / Marc Lange.
- Author
- Lange, Marc, 1963-
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BD581 .L255 2009 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xviii, 257 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- 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.
- Uniform Title
- University press scholarship online.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Laws form counterfactually stable sets -- Natural necessity -- Three payoffs of my account -- A world of subjunctives.
- ISBN
- 9780195328141 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0195328140 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780195328134 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0195328132 (hardback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008041648
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library