Abstract
AbstractIf one has Humean inclinations, what account should one provide for idealization laws? I introduce the currently most popular Humean approach to laws of nature, the best systems account, along with some basic requirements for how to be Humean. I then show why idealization laws are unlikely to be accommodated within this account of laws. Finally, I offer an alternative approach that takes idealization laws to be meta-laws, placing requirements on the theorems of the best system.
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Introduction and planIf one has Humean inclinations, what account should one provide for idealisation laws? In §2 I introduce the most currently popular Humean approach to laws of nature: the Best Systemss Account, along with some basic requirements for how to be Humean
Difficulties may arise when we look at particular kinds of law
If we are to fit the idealisation law corresponding to the idealising equation Eq.1 into the form of Sch.1 one option is to ‘go broad’ and consider the relevant system type to be being a real fluid (RF), providing the following generalisation
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If one has Humean inclinations, what account should one provide for idealisation laws?
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