Subjunctivism about Laws

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:concerns Nature of laws of nature
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Humeanism_about_laws
gptkb:Necessitarianism_about_laws
gptkbp:describes Laws as statements about what would happen under certain conditions
gptkbp:field Philosophy of science
gptkbp:focusesOn Modal features of laws
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Subjunctivism about Laws
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:David_Lewis
gptkbp:proposedBy Laws are grounded in subjunctive conditionals
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Counterfactuals
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Karen_Bennett
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6