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Laws and other Worlds

A Humean Account of Laws and Counterfactuals

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  • © 1986

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Authors:
  1. Fred Wilson

    1. Dept. of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada

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Part of the book series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science (WONS, volume 31)

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Science and Scientific Explanation

    • Fred Wilson
    Pages 1-71

  3. Laws, Accidental Generalities, and Counterfactual Conditionals

    • Fred Wilson
    Pages 72-132

  4. Possible Worlds: a Defence of Hume

    • Fred Wilson
    Pages 133-290

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 291-328
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Canada

    Fred Wilson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Laws and other Worlds

  • Book Subtitle: A Humean Account of Laws and Counterfactuals

  • Authors: Fred Wilson

  • Series Title: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4652-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2232-4Published: 31 October 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8567-0Published: 23 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4652-1Published: 12 June 2019

  • Series ISSN: 1566-659X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1974

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 328

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Logic, Philosophy of Language

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