There Is No Distinctively Semantic Circularity Objection to Humean Laws
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DOI: 10.1017/can.2021.13
Abstract: Abstract Humeans identify the laws of nature with universal generalizations that systematize rather than govern the particular matters of fact. Humeanism is frequently accused of circularity: laws explain their instances, but Humean laws are, in… read more here.
Keywords: circularity objection; humean laws; circularity; semantic circularity ... See more keywords