LAWS OF NATURE   [Archived Catalog]
2023-2024 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
   

HPS 2170 - LAWS OF NATURE


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The purpose of this seminar is to critically survey recent accounts of the concept of a law of nature, including the origins of the concept of law, regularity accounts, necessitarian accounts, pragmatic and 'no laws' accounts. Depending upon the interests of participants, more specialized topics concerning the role of laws in the social, biological and physical sciences will be taken up.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis


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