This book outlines a major new theory of natural laws and addresses questions currently being debated by metaphysicians.

What distinguishes laws of nature from ordinary facts? What are the "lawmakers": the facts in virtue of which the laws are laws? How can laws be necessary, yet

Twelve brand-new essays by an international team of leading philosophers examine central questions on the laws of nature, such as: what is the origin of the con

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