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Non-Causal Laws: An Alternative Hypothesis to Armstrong’s Hypothesis
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Naturais::Matemáticas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Castro, Eduardo Jorge de Sousa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-12-29T10:03:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-12-29T10:03:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Non-causal laws have long been a thorn in David Armstrong’s side. This paper aims to provide a more accommodating framework for these laws within Armstrong’s metaphysics of laws of nature. Armstrong proposed the hypothesis that non-causal laws supervene upon causal laws. In this paper, I present arguments against Armstrong’s hypothesis and propose an alternative hypothesis: non-causal laws are fundamental laws, not supervenient upon causal laws. Additionally, as some non-causal laws are functional laws, this paper will also delve into characterising the nature of functional laws. Finally, I will demonstrate how my conception of non-causal laws solves the identification problem posed by Bas van Fraassen. | por |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2025.e96270 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/19622 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/96270 | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | David Armstrong | |
| dc.subject | Laws of Nature | |
| dc.subject | Metaphysics | |
| dc.subject | Functional Laws | |
| dc.subject | Supervenience | |
| dc.title | Non-Causal Laws: An Alternative Hypothesis to Armstrong’s Hypothesis | por |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 37 | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 1 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 21 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Principia - International Journal of Epistemology | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 29 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 | |
| person.familyName | Castro | |
| person.givenName | Eduardo Jorge de Sousa | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 6C14-FF75-1612 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-4830-1676 | |
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