A better best system account of lawhood

Philosophical Studies

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-34

  Cohen, Jonathan ^a   Callender, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosive realism; Laws of nature; Mill Ramsey Lewis; Natural kinds; Special sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 66649133123     PISSN: 00318116     EISSN: 15730883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11098-009-9389-3     Document Type: Article

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