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_beng
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050 0 _aBD581
_b.L255 2009
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100 1 _aLange, Marc,
_d1963-
245 1 0 _aLaws and lawmakers
_h[electronic resource] :
_bscience, metaphysics, and the laws of nature /
_cMarc Lange.
260 _aNew York ;
_aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2009.
300 _a1 online resource (304 p.)
520 8 _aWhat 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, while also providing a non-technical and accessible survey of the field.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aPhilosophy of nature.
650 0 _aPhysical laws.
650 0 _aPhilosophy and science.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780195328134
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328134.001.0001
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c40573
_d40573