Earman and Roberts on empiricism about laws

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 75 (1):158–162 (2007)
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Earman and Roberts (2005) argue that a standard definition of “empiricism about laws of nature” is inadequate, and propose an alternative definition they think is better. But their argument against the standard definition fails, and their alternative is defective.

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