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Dappled Theories in a Uniform World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2022
Abstract
It has been argued, most trenchantly by Nancy Cartwright, that the diversity of the concepts and regularities we actually use to describe nature and predict and explain its behavior leaves us with no reason to believe that our foundational physical theories actually “apply” outside of delicately contrived systems within the laboratory. This paper argues that, diversity of method notwithstanding, there is indeed good reason to think that the foundational laws of physics are universal in their scope.
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To contact the author write to Department of Philosophy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; e-mail: lsklar@umich.edu.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0211011. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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