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[from 'The Metaphysics within Physics' by Tim Maudlin, in 26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature ]

Full Idea

The laws of nature stand in no need of 'philosophical analysis'; they ought to be posited as ontological bedrock.

Gist of Idea

Laws of nature are ontological bedrock, and beyond analysis

Source

Tim Maudlin (The Metaphysics within Physics [2007], Intro)

Book Reference

Maudlin,Tim: 'The Metaphysics within Physics' [OUP 2007], p.1


A Reaction

This is Maudlin's most basic principle, and I don't agree with it. The notion that laws are more deeply embedded in reality than the physical stuff they control is a sort of 'law-mysticism' that needs to be challenged.