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By D. M. Armstrong

ISBN-10: 1107142318

ISBN-13: 9781107142312

ISBN-10: 1316507092

ISBN-13: 9781316507094

First released in 1985, D. M. Armstrong's unique paintings on what legislation of nature are has endured to be influential within the parts of metaphysics and philosophy of technological know-how. providing a definitive assault at the sceptical Humean view, that legislation are not any greater than a regularity of twist of fate among stances of homes, Armstrong establishes his personal thought and defends it concisely and systematically opposed to objections. offered in a clean twenty-first-century sequence livery, and together with a in particular commissioned preface written by way of Marc Lange, illuminating its carrying on with significance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this influential paintings is offered for a brand new new release of readers.

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