Laws, Exceptions and Dispositions
Résumé
Can laws of nature be universal regularities and nevertheless have exceptions? Several answers to this question, in particular the thesis that there are no laws outside of fundamental physics, are examined and rejected. It is suggested that one can account for exceptions by conceiving of laws as strictly universal determination relations between (instances of) properties. When a natural property is instantiated, laws of nature give rise to other, typically dispositional properties. In exceptional situations, such properties manifest themselves either in an unusual way or not at all
Mots clés
Law of nature
Exception
Disposition
Ceteris paribus
Proviso
Law of nature Exception Disposition Proviso Ceteris paribus Summary 1 Introduction -2 The Problem -3 Ceteris paribus Statements -4 Ceteris paribus Laws -5 No Laws Outside Fundamental Physics? -6 Laws and their Application -7 Dispositional Properties and Dispositions -8 What is an Exception? -9 The Challenge of Circularity -10 Reply: Metaphysics and Scientific Method -11 "Completers" and Absolute Exceptions -12 Conclusion
Law of nature
Summary 1 Introduction
-2 The Problem
-3 Ceteris paribus Statements
-4 Ceteris paribus Laws
-5 No Laws Outside Fundamental Physics? -6 Laws and their Application
-7 Dispositional Properties and Dispositions
-8 What is an Exception? -9 The Challenge of Circularity
-10 Reply: Metaphysics and Scientific Method
-11 "Completers" and Absolute Exceptions
-12 Conclusion
Domaines
Philosophie
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