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- W2464687979 abstract "In The Structure of Science, Nagel is extremely pessimistic about the possibility of explicating in a rigorous way the concept of ‘law of nature’: The term ‘law of nature’ is undoubtedly vague. In consequence, any explication of its meaning which proposes a sharp demarcation between lawlike and non-lawlike statements is bound to be arbitrary. There is therefore more than an appearance of futility in the recurring attempts to define with great logical precision what is a law of nature — [by] virtue of its possessing an inherent ‘essence’ which the definition must articulate. For not only is the term ‘law’ vague in its current usage, but its historical meaning has undergone many changes. We are certainly free to designate as a law of nature any statement we please […] It would indeed be futile to attempt an ironclad and rigorously exclusive definition of ‘natural law’. It is not unreasonable to indicate some of the more prominent grounds upon which a numerous class of statements is commonly assigned a special status. (Nagel, 1961, pp. 49–50)If we followed Nagel’s line on this topic, there would be little point in trying to work on it. In fact, Nagel’s graphic and discouraging judgement can be seen as the honest conclusion at which a good observer of the discussions on laws among the German and Austrian neopositivists and the American post-positivists must arrive." @default.
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- W2464687979 title "Laws of Nature" @default.
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