Laws and Lawmakers Science, Metaphysics, and the Laws of Nature

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• Author(s)
  Marc Lange
• Publisher
  Oxford University Press
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  PDF
• Print ISBN
  9780195328134, 0195328132
• eText ISBN
  9780195328134, 0195328132
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  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, which is grounded in primitive subjunctive facts, while also providing a non-technical and accessible survey of the field.