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.