{"title":"Laws of Nature","authors":"Alastair Wilson","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198846215.003.0005","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"One of the most attractive features of quantum modal realism is the unified and explanatory theory of laws of nature which it enables. Quantum modal realism incorporates a layered model of laws which share a common underlying structure; the model includes Fundamental laws of the multiverse, fundamental laws of Everett worlds, as well as a variety of types of non-fundamental laws of Everett worlds. This layered model of laws allows for a hitherto unexpected reconciliation of the Humean and anti-Humean conceptions of lawhood, and the model also enables powerful explanations both of why laws matter to us and of how we can come to know them. This chapter sets out the new quantum modal realist theory of laws, defends it from some objections, and draws out its most important consequences.","PeriodicalId":305994,"journal":{"name":"The Nature of Contingency","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-02-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Nature of Contingency","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198846215.003.0005","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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One of the most attractive features of quantum modal realism is the unified and explanatory theory of laws of nature which it enables. Quantum modal realism incorporates a layered model of laws which share a common underlying structure; the model includes Fundamental laws of the multiverse, fundamental laws of Everett worlds, as well as a variety of types of non-fundamental laws of Everett worlds. This layered model of laws allows for a hitherto unexpected reconciliation of the Humean and anti-Humean conceptions of lawhood, and the model also enables powerful explanations both of why laws matter to us and of how we can come to know them. This chapter sets out the new quantum modal realist theory of laws, defends it from some objections, and draws out its most important consequences.
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