Marc Lange

Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers University

Marc Lange is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University. 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