Laws of Nature and Chances: What Breathes Fire Into the Equations

by Barry Loewer

Barry Loewer presents a novel account of the metaphysics of law of nature, chances, fundamental ontology, and the space-time arena they occupy. He calls this the Package Deal Account. This aims to answer Stephen Hawking's question "What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?" Loewer's account stands on the shoulders of David Lewis's Humean Best Systems Account of laws and chances, but rejects Lewis'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198907699
• ISBN13: 9780198907695
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 8.2"