A quasi-regularist view of laws

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  • Nélida Gentile University of Buenos Aires National University of Lomas de Zamora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2019v23n3p445

Abstract

It will be analyzed some views about laws and highlight certain aspects in each of them that, in our opinion, are to the detriment of their plausibility. The views that we will analyze are the standard regularist conception and the most sophisticated variant known as the Mill-Ramsey-Lewis (MRL) approach, on the one hand, and the necessitarianist versions of David Armstrong and Stephen Mumford, on the other. Finally, we present an alternative proposal that is intermediate between the regularist conception and Mumford’s nomological anti-realism. We believe that our proposal successfully avoids the reviewed difficulties and opens a new theoretical space within the dispute over the laws of nature.

Author Biography

Nélida Gentile, University of Buenos Aires National University of Lomas de Zamora

University of Buenos Aires, National University of Lomas de Zamora, ARGENTINA

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