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 …

I provide a new account of what it is for the laws of nature to govern the evolution of events. I
locate the source of governance in the content of law propositions. As such, I do not appeal …

Herein we are not interested in merely using dynamical systems theory, graph theory,
information theory, etc., to model the relationship between brain dynamics and networks …

Can the desire for efficiently systematised theories in science be explained from within a
powers metaphysics? It is plausible that the traditional 'Powers Theory of Laws', endorsed by …

In this paper, we put forward an alternative interpretation of time-reversal symmetry in
philosophy of physics: Humean time-reversal symmetry. According to it, time-reversal …

Two approaches to elevating certain laws of nature over others have come to prominence
recently. On the one hand, according to the meta-laws approach, there are meta-laws, laws …

I describe three extant attempts to identify the global external symmetries within a Humean
framework with theorems of some or other deductive systematization of the world …

This work deals with obstacles hindering a metaphysics of laws of nature in terms of
dispositions, ie, of fundamental properties that are causal powers. A recent analysis of the …

Hay diversas razones por las que el debate en torno a la noción de ley de la naturaleza
ocupa un lugar central en la metafísica de la ciencia contemporánea. Además, quienes …

Recent experiments (gedanken or otherwise) and theorems in quantum mechanics (QM),
such as new iterations on Wigner's friend and delayed choice, have led many people to …