Readings on the Laws of Nature

Preface vii Introduction 1(175) JOHN W. CARROLL 1. Laws of Nature 16(22) FRED I. DRETSKE 2. The Nature of Laws 38(33) MICHAEL TOOLEY 3. Do the Laws of Physics State the Facts? 71(13) NANCY CARTWRIGHT 4. Confirmation and the Nomological 84(14) FRANK JACKSON AND ROBERT PARGETTER 5. Induction, Explanation, and Natural Necessity 98(14) JOHN FOSTER 6. Armstrong on Laws and Probabilities 112(23) BAS C. VAN FRAASSEN 7. Confirmation and Law-likeness 135(6) ELLIOTT SOBER 8. The World as One of a Kind I Natural Necessity and Laws of Nature 141(20) JOHN BIGELOW, BRIAN ELLIS, AND CAROLINE LIERSE 9. Natural Laws and the Problem of Provisos 161(15) MARC LANGE 10. Humean Supervenience 176(31) BARRY LOEWER 11. Ceteris Paribus, There Is No Problem of Provisos 207(43) JOHN EARMAN AND JOHN ROBERTS 12. The Non-Governing Conception of Laws of Nature 250(27) HELEN BEEBEE Selected Bibliography 277(4) Index 281