Pacific philosophical quarterly · 2003 · 20 citations · 10 references
HumanitiesPhilosophyInterpretivismPhilosophy Of LawPhilosophy Of ScienceExplanationPositivismScientific LawsPositivist Theory Of LawScientific Law Understanding
Abstract: A novel motivation for a Humean projectivist construal of our concept of scientific law is provided. The analysis is partially developed and used to explain intuitions that are problematic for a Humean reductionist construal of lawhood. A possible non‐Humean rejoinder is discussed and rejected. In an appendix, further intuitions that are problematic for Humean reductionists are explained projectively.
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