In defense of humean non-universal laws.

In this paper, I raise a novel objection to David Lewis’s Humean account of laws. The objection is that non-universal laws are metaphysically possible, but Lewis’s account cannot accommodate them. I then propose and defend an extension of Lewis’s view that gives us an account of Humean non-universal...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 204; no. 1; pp. 1 - 29
Autor principal: Gupte, Firdaus
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Jul2024
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Sumario:In this paper, I raise a novel objection to David Lewis’s Humean account of laws. The objection is that non-universal laws are metaphysically possible, but Lewis’s account cannot accommodate them. I then propose and defend an extension of Lewis’s view that gives us an account of Humean non-universal laws.