FYI “Hume himself was no “Humean” as regards laws of nature. Hume, it turns out, was a Necessitarian – i.e. believed that laws of nature are in some sense “necessary” (although of course not logically necessary). His legendary skepticism was epistemological.”
Laws of Nature | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Laws of Nature are to be distinguished both from Scientific Laws and from Natural Laws. Neither Natural Laws, as invoked in legal or ethical theories, nor Scientific Laws, which some researchers consider to be scientists’ attempts to state or approximate the Laws of Nature, will be discussed in t... Read more
Scientists seek a single description of reality. But modern physics allows for many different descriptions, many equivalent to one another, connected through a vast landscape of mathematical…
FYI “Hume himself was no “Humean” as regards laws of nature. Hume, it turns out, was a Necessitarian – i.e. believed that laws of nature are in some sense “necessary” (although of course not logically necessary). His legendary skepticism was epistemological.”
Yeah, it seems like an endeavour that allows the universe to make sense to us. Why should it. Adding this link for reference.
Disagree with this idea. It’s what has been holding us back long enough already.
The laws of physics are just very compact restatements of everything that happens in the universe
(2 upvotes)There doesn’t have to be just 1 set of physical laws
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