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[from 'Writing the Book of the World' by Theodore Sider, in 26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature ]

Full Idea

That spacetime is 4D Lorentzian manifold, that the universe began with a singularity, and in a state of low entropy, are all central to physics, but it is a stretch to call them 'laws'. ...It has been argued that there are no laws of biology.

Gist of Idea

Many of the key theories of modern physics do not appear to be 'laws'

Source

Theodore Sider (Writing the Book of the World [2011], 03.1)

Book Reference

Sider,Theodore: 'Writing the Book of the World' [OUP 2011], p.22