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Laws in Nature

Stephen Mumford

PublisherRoutledge
PublishedJun 15, 2004
LanguageEnglish

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.