Full Idea
By 'law of nature' or 'natural law' I mean a generalization describing a regularity, not some metaphysical entity that produces or is responsible for that regularity.
Gist of Idea
A 'law of nature' is just a regularity, not some entity that causes the regularity
Source
Bert Leuridan (Can Mechanisms Replace Laws of Nature? [2010], §1 n1)
Book Reference
-: 'Philosophy of Science' [-], p.2
A Reaction
I take the second version to be a relic of a religious world view, and having no place in a naturalistic metaphysic. The regularity view is then the only player in the field, and the question is, can we do more? Can't we explain regularities?