Adams, D (2018) God and Dispositional Essentialism: An Account of the Laws of Nature. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 99 (2). pp. 293-316. ISSN 0279-0750
Abstract
It is common to appeal to governing laws of nature in order to explain the existence of natural regularities. Classical theism, however, maintains the sovereignty thesis: everything distinct from God is created by him and is under his guidance and control. It follows from this that God must somehow be responsible for natural laws and regularities. Therefore, theists need an account of the relation between (i) regularities, (ii) laws, and (iii) God. I examine competing accounts of laws of nature and conclude that dispositional essentialism provides the most satisfactory explanation of the relation between (i), (ii) and (iii).
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly © 2016 University of Southern California and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Adams, D. (2018) God and Dispositional Essentialism: An Account of the Laws of Nature. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 99: 293–316. doi: 10.1111/papq.12162., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12162. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Jan 2016 11:33 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2018 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/papq.12162 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93959 |