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Full Idea
Laws, qua true generalities, if they exist at all, are ontologically parasitic upon the capacities of particulars, rather than the other way round.
Gist of Idea
General laws depend upon the capacities of particulars, not the other way around
Source
Stephen Mumford (Dispositions [1998], 10.6)
Book Ref
Mumford,Stephen: 'Dispositions' [OUP 1998], p.230
A Reaction
Quite so. And hence trying to explain a particular behaviour by saying that it falls under a law is absurdly circular and vacuous.