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Full Idea
Mechanisms are ontologically dependent on the existence of regularities.
Gist of Idea
Mechanisms are ontologically dependent on regularities
Source
Bert Leuridan (Can Mechanisms Replace Laws of Nature? [2010], §3)
Book Ref
-: 'Philosophy of Science' [-], p.7
A Reaction
This seems to be the Humean rearguard action in favour of the regularity account of laws. Wrong, but a nice paper. This point shows why only powers (despite their vagueness!) are the only candidate for the bottom level of explanation.