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John Bigelow, Brian Ellis, and Caroline Lierse The world as one of a kind: Natural necessity and laws of nature article The theory of the nature of scientific laws derives from the basic idea that things behave as they do because of what they are made of, how they are made and what their circumstances are. The natural necessity and laws of nature are discussed.

The world as one of a kind: Natural necessity and laws of nature

John Bigelow, Brian Ellis, and Caroline Lierse

British journal for the philosophy of science, vol. 43, no. 3, 1992, pp. 371–388

Abstract

The theory of the nature of scientific laws derives from the basic idea that things behave as they do because of what they are made of, how they are made and what their circumstances are. The natural necessity and laws of nature are discussed.

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