Bird A. Nature's metaphysics: laws and properties. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. - xiv, 231 p.: ill. - Ref.: p.219-225. - Ind.: p.227-231. - ISBN 978-0-19-957311-0  Место хранения:   035 | Объединенный институт истории, филологии и философии СО РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

1 Introduction—laws and properties ............................. 1 2 Dispositions ................................................. 9 3 Dispositional essentialism and the laws of nature ........... 43 4 Categoricalism .............................................. 66 5 Dispositional essentialism, modality, and intentionality .... 99 6 The regress objection ...................................... 132 7 Structural properties ...................................... 147 8 The illusion of nomic contingency .......................... 169 9 Are there any laws, and if so what are they? ............... 189 10 Concluding remarks ......................................... 204 References .................................................... 219 Index ......................................................... 226