The Divine Lawmaker: Lectures on Induction, Laws of Nature, and the Existence of God

The Divine Lawmaker: Lectures on Induction, Laws of Nature, and the Existence of God

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-170

  Foster, John ^a  

^a BRASENOSE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal imposing; Explanation; God; Induction; Laws of nature; Natural necessity; Nomological; Regularity; Theism; Universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849085571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199250596.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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