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- Title
Exploring the Metaphysics of Nomic Relations.
- Authors
Livanios, Vassilios
- Abstract
After defending the ontologically genuine existence of at least some of the actual nomic relations, I discuss some issues concerning their metaphysical features. I firstly argue in favour of the metaphysical contingency of nomic relations and then I suggest that their relata-specificity is the most plausible metaphysical view that guarantees the unity of facts that the laws of nature are. Finally, I present a novel account according to which some of the actual nomic relations are neither external nor external but contingently possess a kind of hybrid character.
- Subjects
METAPHYSICS; ONTOLOGY; PLAUSIBILITY (Logic); CHARACTER; CONTINGENCY (Philosophy); NATURE
- Publication
Acta Analytica, 2012, Vol 27, Issue 3, p247
- ISSN
0353-5150
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12136-012-0159-z