Single Idea 13286

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature]

Full Idea

It has been observed that there are apparently no scientific laws concerning biological species.

Gist of Idea

There are apparently no scientific laws concerning biological species

Source

Kathrin Koslicki (The Structure of Objects [2008], 8.4.1)

Book Reference

Koslicki,Kathrin: 'The Structure of Objects' [OUP 2008], p.211


A Reaction

The central concept of biology I take to be a 'mechanism'. and I suspect that this view of science is actually applicable in physics and chemistry, with so-called 'laws' being a merely superficial description of what is going on.