01338nam a2200289 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050002200173082001200195100002400207245010900231260005800340300003100398520032400429588004700753504005100800650002600851650001900877650002800896776003300924856009100957EDZ0000072789StDuBDS20150804193940.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||090615s2009    nyu    fo     001 0 eng d  a9780199870042 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 0aBD581b.L255 200904a1132221 aLange, Marc,d1963-10aLaws and lawmakersh[electronic resource] :bscience, metaphysics, and the laws of nature /cMarc Lange.  aNew York ;aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2009.  a1 online resource (304 p.)8 aWhat distinguishes laws of nature from ordinary facts? What are the 'lawmakers': the facts in virtue of which the laws are laws? How can laws be necessary, yet contingent? Lange provocatively argues that laws are distinguished by their necessity, while also providing a non-technical and accessible survey of the field.  aDescription based on print version record.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aPhilosophy of nature. 0aPhysical laws. 0aPhilosophy and science.08iPrint versionz9780195328134403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328134.001.0001