On Powers BSAs.
Can the desire for efficiently systematised theories in science be explained from within a powers metaphysics? It is plausible that the traditional 'Powers Theory of Laws', endorsed by many friends of powers, does not alone provide such an explanation. This has led a number of recent authors to argu...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 452 - 476 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2023
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