The Character of Physical Law

MIT Press (1965)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

The law of gravitation, an example of physical law The relation of mathematics to physics The great conservation principles Symmetry in physical law The distinction of past and future Probability and uncertainty: the quantum mechanical view of nature Seeking new laws.

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

1967, 2017

ISBN(s)

0262533413   9780262560030   0140175059   9780140175059   0679601279   9780679601272   0262560038   9780262533416

DOI

10.1086/288144

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 105,859

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

The Character of Physical Law. Richard Feynman. [REVIEW]Alex C. Michalos - 1967 - Philosophy of Science 34 (2):194-194.
The Character of Physical Law. [REVIEW]P. K. H. - 1967 - Review of Metaphysics 21 (1):157-157.
The Character of Physical Law Vol. 66.Richard Phillips Feynman - 1967 - MIT Press.
Laws of nature.Peter Smith - manuscript
Elements of Greek Scepticism in Richard Feynman’s Views on Science.Bogdan Dembiński - 2015 - Folia Philosophica 34:185--198.
Reverse Physics: From Laws to Physical Assumptions.Christine A. Aidala & Gabriele Carcassi - 2022 - Foundations of Physics 52 (2):1-10.
Are There Dynamical Laws?J. Anandan - 1999 - Foundations of Physics 29 (11):1647-1672.
On metaphysically necessary laws from physics.Niels Linnemann - 2020 - European Journal for Philosophy of Science 10 (2):1-13.
On the Character of Quantum Law: Complementarity, Entanglement, and Information.Arkady Plotnitsky - 2017 - Foundations of Physics 47 (8):1115-1154.
On Wheeler's notion of “law without law” in physics.David Deutsch - 1986 - Foundations of Physics 16 (6):565-572.

Analytics

Added to PP
2014-02-06

Downloads
119 (#191,936)

6 months
5 (#854,175)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Citations of this work

Quantum Mechanics in a Time-Asymmetric Universe: On the Nature of the Initial Quantum State.Eddy Keming Chen - 2021 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 72 (4):1155–1183.
Two accounts of laws and time.Barry Loewer - 2012 - Philosophical Studies 160 (1):115-137.
Realism about the wave function.Eddy Keming Chen - 2019 - Philosophy Compass 14 (7):e12611.
Strong Determinism.Eddy Keming Chen - 2024 - Philosophers' Imprint 24 (1).
The Past Hypothesis and the Nature of Physical Laws.Eddy Keming Chen - 2023 - In Barry Loewer, Brad Weslake & Eric B. Winsberg, The Probability Map of the Universe: Essays on David Albert’s _Time and Chance_. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 204-248.

View all 326 citations / Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references