Andersen, H. K. (2023) Every view is a view from somewhere: Pragmatist laws and possibility. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 38 (3). pp. 357-372. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
Humean accounts of laws are often contrasted with governing accounts, and recent developments have added pragmatic versions of Humeanism. This article offers Mitchell’s pragmatist, perspectival account of laws as a third option. The differences between these accounts come down to the role of modality. Mitchell’s bottom-up account allows for subtle gradations of modal content to be conveyed by laws. The perspectival character of laws is not an accident or something to be eventually eliminated – it is part of how this modal content is conveyed. I conclude with a discussion of the metaphysical commitments in Humeanism as requiring a perspectiveless view of the manifold from outside, and how Mitchell’s situated account is better able to account for the substantive notion of possibility involved in scientific laws.
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Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
Keywords: | pragmatism, Humeanism, laws, perspectivism, modality. | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2024 15:37 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2024 15:37 | ||||||
Item ID: | 23750 | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
Official URL: | https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/article/view... | ||||||
DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.24471 | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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Date: | December 2023 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 357-372 | ||||||
Volume: | 38 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23750 |
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