Transcendent Universals and Natural Laws

José Tomás Alvarado

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53393-9_7

Transcendent Universals and Natural Laws

José Tomás Alvarado^*

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One of the theoretical functions attributed to universals is to work as natural laws – or, at least, to be something on which natural laws are dependent. It is argued in this chapter that only transcendent universals can satisfy this theoretical function. Transcendent universals have been postulated as constituents of natural laws since 1977 by Michael Tooley. The cases presented by Tooley are discussed and generalized. Functional laws are not of use for Aristotelians to explain those cases. On the contrary, functional laws are an additional reason to postulate Platonic universals. Finally, it is considered whether there is a unique nomic structure invariant through all possible worlds.

Idioma original	Inglés
Título de la publicación alojada	Synthese Library
Editorial	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Páginas	159-187
Número de páginas	29
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53393-9_7
Estado	Publicada - 2020
Publicado de forma externa	Sí

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Nombre	Synthese Library
Volumen	428
ISSN (versión impresa)	0166-6991
ISSN (versión digital)	2542-8292

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