Woodward, James (2011) Laws, Causes, and Invariance. [Preprint]
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Abstract
This paper explores some issues having to do with the ways in which we reason about and obtain evidence for causal claims and claims about laws in scientific contexts. I focus particularly on under-determination problems, best system accounts of laws, claims about Humean supervenience, and the connection between laws and invariance
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Keywords: | Invariance, Humean supervenience, best system accounts of laws | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Laws of Nature |
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Depositing User: | Jim Woodward | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 05 Jun 2011 13:25 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 05 Jun 2011 13:25 | ||||||
Item ID: | 8654 | ||||||
Subjects: | General Issues > Causation General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Laws of Nature |
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Date: | 4 June 2011 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8654 |
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