In defence of a scientific essentialist account of natural law
Some argue that the laws of nature are metaphysically necessary (e.g. Ellis, 2001, 2002 and Bird 2007). By endowing the laws with metaphysical necessity it is hoped that a scientific essentialist metaphysic will succeed where neo-Humean contingentist accounts of natural law failed by, for example, e...
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King's College London (University of London)
2016
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