In Defense of Humean Non-Universal Laws

Synthese 204 (1):1-28 (2024)
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Abstract

In this paper, I raise a novel objection to David Lewis’s Humean account of laws. The objection is that non-universal laws are metaphysically possible, but Lewis’s account cannot accommodate them. I then propose and defend an extension of Lewis’s view that gives us an account of Humean non-universal laws.

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Firdaus Gupte
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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