Woodward, James (2018) Laws: An Invariance- Based Account. [Preprint]
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Abstract
This paper defends an invariance-based account of laws of nature: Laws are generalizations that remain invariant (stable, robust) under various sorts of changes. Alternatively, laws are generalizations that exhibit a certain kind of independence from background conditions.
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| Additional Information: | This paper appeared in Ott and Patton (eds) Laws of Nature, Oxford University Press. 2018 | ||||||
| Keywords: | Laws of nature, Invariance | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Laws of Nature | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Jim Woodward | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 24 Dec 2018 20:34 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 24 Dec 2018 20:34 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15470 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Laws of Nature | ||||||
| Date: | January 2018 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15470 |
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