Scientists and others often use phrases such as ‘natural law’, physical postulate’, ‘fundamental principle’ ‘NN’s law’, ‘NN’s equation’ etc. The things denoted by these phrases are often referred to as ‘laws of nature’ in the philosophical debate. The core problem is how to distinguish between laws and accidental generalisations.
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Johansson, L.-G. (2016). Scientific Laws. In Philosophy of Science for Scientists (pp. 173–187). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26551-3_10
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