Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:philosophy
Scientific concept |
| gptkbp:contrastsWith |
Laws of logic
Laws of mathematics |
| gptkbp:debatedBy |
gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Immanuel_Kant gptkb:Isaac_Newton gptkb:Nancy_Cartwright Are laws descriptive or prescriptive? Are laws epistemically accessible? Are laws fundamental or emergent? Are laws linguistic or ontological entities? Are laws metaphysically necessary? Are laws necessary or contingent? Are laws objective or observer-dependent? Are laws reducible to initial conditions? Are laws reducible to regularities? Are laws simple or complex? Are laws universal or local? Are probabilistic laws genuine laws? Are social laws analogous to laws of nature? Are there exceptions to laws of nature? Are there laws in biology? Can laws be violated? Can laws change over time? Do laws exist in all possible worlds? Do laws govern or merely describe? |
| gptkbp:describes |
Regularities in the natural world
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| gptkbp:example |
gptkb:Maxwell's_equations
gptkb:Newton's_laws_of_motion gptkb:Law_of_universal_gravitation gptkb:Laws_of_thermodynamics gptkb:Mendel's_laws_of_inheritance |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Laws of nature
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| gptkbp:interpretedBy |
gptkb:Pragmatism
Dispositionalism Humeanism Necessitarianism |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
Causality
Determinism Scientific law |
| gptkbp:studiedIn |
gptkb:Physics
Philosophy of science |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Aboriginal_Dreamtime_stories
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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