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What is a Law of Nature?

By D. M. Armstrong

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
1316507092, 9781316507094
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
832 kB (852407 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Philosophy Classics
Edition
Reissue
Pages
180\183
Time added
2017-09-07 15:53:27
Cosmology;Astronomy & Space Science;Science & Math

Description

First published in 1985, D. M. Armstrong's original work on what laws of nature are has continued to be influential in the areas of metaphysics and philosophy of science. Presenting a definitive attack on the sceptical Humean view, that laws are no more than a regularity of coincidence between stances of properties, Armstrong establishes his own theory and defends it concisely and systematically against objections. Presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery, and including a specially commissioned preface written by Marc Lange, illuminating its continuing importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this influential work is available for a new generation of readers.

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