The Metaphysics of Laws of Nature - Ott, Walter
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Since the seventeenth century, the idea that there are 'laws' of nature that govern our world has been attended by controversy. Walter Ott traces the fortunes of three prominent positions on the matter, from their origins to the present day, and attempts to settle the rules of the debate along the way.

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Since the seventeenth century, the idea that there are 'laws' of nature that govern our world has been attended by controversy. Walter Ott traces the fortunes of three prominent positions on the matter, from their origins to the present day, and attempts to settle the rules of the debate along the way.
Autorenporträt
Walter Ott is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia, where he earned his Ph.D. in 2000. He is the author of Locke's Philosophy of Language (Cambridge), Causation and Laws of Nature in Early Modern Philosophy (Oxford), and Descartes, Malebranche, and the Crisis of Perception (Oxford). He has published articles in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Ancient Philosophy, and Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie , among others.