Could the Laws of Nature Change?

@article{citeulike:3020687, abstract = {After reviewing several failed arguments that laws cannot change, I use the laws' special relation to counterfactuals to show how temporary laws would have to differ from eternal but time-dependent laws. Then I argue that temporary laws are impossible and that neither Lewis's nor Armstrong's analyses of law nicely accounts for the laws' immutability.}, author = {Lange, Marc }, citeulike-article-id = {3020687}, journal = {Philosophy of Science}, keywords = {metaphysics, philosophy, philsci}, month = {January}, pages = {69--92}, posted-at = {2008-07-19 09:15:09}, priority = {1}, title = {Could the Laws of Nature Change?}, url = {http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/587823}, volume = {75}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3020687 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3020687 TI - Could the Laws of Nature Change? JF - Philosophy of Science VL - 75 SP - 69 EP - 92 N2 - After reviewing several failed arguments that laws cannot change, I use the laws' special relation to counterfactuals to show how temporary laws would have to differ from eternal but time-dependent laws. Then I argue that temporary laws are impossible and that neither Lewis's nor Armstrong's analyses of law nicely accounts for the laws' immutability. KW - metaphysics KW - philosophy KW - philsci AU - Lange, Marc PY - 2008/01// UR - http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/587823 ER -