Single Idea 4401

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory]

Full Idea

It is not a law of nature that all the coins in my pocket are euros, though it is a regularity.

Gist of Idea

It is not a law of nature that all the coins in my pocket are euros, though it is a regularity

Source

Stathis Psillos (Causation and Explanation [2002], Intro)

Book Reference

Psillos,Stathis: 'Causation and Explanation' [Acumen 2002], p.8


A Reaction

Good example, but it doesn't demolish the regularity view. We should come to conscious minds last. There aren't many other unfailing regularities that are not laws.