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    "Ceteris Paribus", There Is No Problem of Provisos
    with John T. Roberts
    Synthese 118 (3). 1999.
    Much of the literature on "ceteris paribus" laws is based on a misguided egalitarianism about the sciences. For example, it is commonly held that the special sciences are riddled with ceteris paribus laws; from this many commentators conclude that if the special sciences are not to be accorded a second class status, it must be ceteris paribus all the way down to fundamental physics. We argue that the (purported) laws of fundamental physics are not hedged by ceteris paribus clauses and provisos. …Read more
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    Some Aspects of General Relativity and Geometrodynamics
    with John C. Graves
    Journal of Philosophy 69 (19): 634. 1972.
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    Laws of Nature: The Empiricist Challenge
    In Jeremy Butterfield & John Earman (eds.), , . pp. 191-223. 1977.
    Hume defined ‘cause’ three times over. The two principal definitions (constant conjunction, felt determination) provide the anchors for the two main strands of the modem empiricist accounts of laws of nature 1 while the third (the counter factual definition 2) may be seen as the inspiration of the nonHumean necessitarian analyses. Corresponding to the felt determination definition is the account of laws that emphasizes human attitudes, beliefs, and actions. Latter day weavers of this strand incl…Read more