On metaphysically necessary laws from physics

DOI10.1007/S13194-020-00281-1MaRDI QIDQ2096145zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Niels S. Linnemann

Publication date 16 November 2022

Published in European Journal for Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-020-00281-1

zbMATH Keywords

conservation lawsmetaphysical necessitymodal pluralismNoether's theoremstopological currents

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)

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