On the evolution of natural laws
British journal for the philosophy of science, vol. 43, no. 3, 1992, pp. 343–370
Abstract
Poincaré’s argumentation in favour of essential invariability of the fundamental laws of nature is critically examined. It is contended that within the realist framework Poincaré’s arguments lose their apodictical force. In this sense the assumption of inconstancy of even the fundamental laws of nature is methodologically legitimate.
