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'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'After Finitude' and 'How the Laws of Physics Lie'
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws
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There are fundamental explanatory laws (false!), and phenomenological laws (regularities) [Cartwright,N, by Bird]
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Laws of appearances are 'phenomenological'; laws of reality are 'theoretical' [Cartwright,N]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
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Good organisation may not be true, and the truth may not organise very much [Cartwright,N]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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If the laws of nature are contingent, shouldn't we already have noticed it? [Meillassoux]
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Why are contingent laws of nature stable? [Meillassoux]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
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To get from facts to equations, we need a prepared descriptions suited to mathematics [Cartwright,N]
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Simple laws have quite different outcomes when they act in combinations [Cartwright,N]
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There are few laws for when one theory meets another [Cartwright,N]
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