The contingency of laws of nature in science and theology

DOI10.1007/S10701-010-9470-YMaRDI QIDQ535659zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lydia Jaeger

Publication date 13 May 2011

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-010-9470-y

zbMATH Keywords

contingency of lawscreationexperimental methodImmanuel KantJohn A. Wheelerlaws of natureNancy CartwrightPeter Mittelstaedtscientific revolution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of quantum theory (81-03) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05)

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