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Best Systems in Lawless Worlds

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  • Ulrich Meyer
Ulrich Meyer
Philosophy Department, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, United States.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36446/af.e1167

Published 2026-01-27

Keywords

  • Leyes de la naturaleza,
  • Enfoque de mejores sistemas,
  • Reducción teórica,
  • Condicionales contrafácticos,
  • David Lewis
  • Laws of Nature,
  • Best Systems Account,
  • Theory Reduction,
  • Counterfactual Conditionals,
  • David Lewis
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Abstract

David Lewis’ Best System Account (BSA) finds laws of nature in lawless worlds, where there are no laws to be discovered. This suggests that BSA is at best an incomplete account of lawhood.

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