Humean Laws for Human Agents (Hardcover)

Humean Laws for Human Agents presents cutting-edge research by leading experts on the Humean account of laws, chance, possibility, and necessity. A central question in metaphysics and philosophy of science is: What are laws of nature? Humeans hold that laws are not sui generis metaphysical entities but merely particularly effective summaries of what actually happens. The most discussed recent work on Humeanism emphasizes the laws' usefulness for limited agents and uses pragmatic considerations to address fundamental and long-standing problems. The current volume develops and critically examines pragmatic Humean accounts, with innovative new work on the epistemology of laws and chance, the problem of induction, counterfactuals, special science laws, and a Humean account of essence. Taken together, the papers provide a roadmap for developing pragmatic Humeanism and connate views, setting the agenda for future research.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2023
Editors:	Michael Townsen Hicks (Postdoctoral Research Fellow) • Siegfried Jaag (Visiting Professor, University of Tübingen, and Postdoctoral Fellow, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf) • Christian Loew (Associate Professor)
Dimensions:	241 x 161 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-289381-9
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-19-289381-5
Barcode:	9780192893819

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