What is a Law of Nature?

  • June 27, 2018, 4:00 pm US/Central
  • Edward Feser
  • Chris Stoughton
  • Video

The idea of a law of nature is central to scientific explanation. Laws themselves are often said to be explicable in terms of more fundamental laws. But what about the most fundamental laws? Why is the world governed by those particular laws rather than by other laws or no laws at all? And what exactly is a law of nature in the first place? Are these questions that science itself can answer, or is there a role for philosophy in answering them?

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