Marc Lange

Theda Perdue Distinguished Professor in Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Marc Lange is the Theda Perdue Distinguished Professor in Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His books include Laws and Lawmakers: Science, Metaphysics, and the Laws of Nature (2009) and Because Without Cause: Non-Causal Explanations in Science and Mathematics (2016).

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Philosophy of science

What is a law of nature?

Laws of nature are impossible to break, and nearly as difficult to define. Just what kind of necessity do they possess?

Marc Lange