The Ontological Standing of the Laws of Nature

Review of Metaphysics 39 (2):227 - 241 (1985)
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WHY DO NATURAL THINGS act or behave according to laws? The answer, I think, is that the laws of nature make them act or behave so. If this answer can be made clear and plausible, it will help us to understand the reality of laws.

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