Explanatory asymmetries: laws of nature rehabilitated

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Explanatory asymmetries: laws of nature rehabilitated

The problem of explanatory non-symmetries provides the strongest reason to abandon the view that laws can figure in explanations without causal underpinnings. I argue that this problem can be overcome. The solution that I propose starts from noticing the importance of conditions of application when...

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Main Author:	Jansson, Lina
Format:	Article
Published:	Journal of Philosophy 2015
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34875/

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