The problem of nomological harmony.
Our universe features a harmonious match between laws and states: applying its laws to its states generates other states. This is a striking fact. Matters might have been otherwise. The universe might have been stillborn in a state unengaged by its laws. The problem of nomological harmony is that of...
| Published in: | Nous (0029-4624) Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 482 - 505 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2024
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