The laws of nature have come a long way since the time of Newton: quantum mechanics
and relativity have given us good reasons to take seriously the possibility of laws which may …

Building on the Boltzmann's approach to statistical mechanics, David Albert proposed a
framework for a complete physical theory that entails a probability distribution over all …

Humeanism about laws of nature is, roughly, the view that the laws of nature are just
patterns, or ways of describing patterns, in the mosaic of events. In this paper, I survey some …

Humean reductionism about laws of nature appears to leave a central aspect of scientific
practice unmotivated: If the world's fundamental structure is exhausted by the actual …

This paper develops an account of the metaphysics of fundamental laws I call “the Package
Deal Account (PDA)” that is a descendent of Lewis' BSA but differs from it in a number of …

Non‐Humean theories of natural necessity invoke modally‐laden primitives to explain why
nature exhibits lawlike regularities. However, they vary in the primitives they posit and in …

Humeans are often accused of positing laws which fail to explain or are involved in
explanatory circularity. Here, I will argue that these arguments are confused, but not …

This Element provides an opinionated introduction to the metaphysics of laws of nature. The
first section distinguishes between scientific and philosophical questions about laws and …

Despite its apparent complexity, our world seems to be governed by simple laws of physics.
This volume provides a philosophical introduction to such laws. I explain how they are …

Orthodoxy has it that only metaphysically elite properties can be invoked in scientifically elite
laws. We argue that this claim does not fit scientific practice. An examination of candidate …