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Full Idea
Adding the notion of law to physical theory doesn't seem to enhance its explanatory power.
Gist of Idea
The notion of law doesn't seem to enhance physical theories
Source
Theodore Sider (Writing the Book of the World [2011], 02.4)
Book Ref
Sider,Theodore: 'Writing the Book of the World' [OUP 2011], p.15
A Reaction
I agree with his scepticism about laws, although Sider offers it as part of his scepticism about modal facts being included in explanations of actuality. Personally I like dispositions, but not laws. See the ideas of Stephen Mumford.