Head hits cause brain damage-but not always. Should we ban sport to protect athletes?
Exposure to electromagnetic fields is strongly associated with cancer development-does that …

The biological and social sciences often generalize causal conclusions from one context or
location to others that may differ in some relevant respects, as is illustrated by inferences …

Laws of nature take center stage in philosophy of science. Laws are usually believed to
stand in a tight conceptual relation to many important key concepts such as causation …

It has not been sufficiently considered in philosophical discussions of ceteris paribus (CP)
laws that distinct kinds of CP-laws exist in science with rather different meanings. I …

Epistemology is concerned with the fundamental laws of thought, belief, or judgment. It may
inquire the fundamental relations among the objects or contents of thought and belief, ie …

The paper builds on the basically Humean idea that A is a cause of B iff A and B both occur,
A precedes B, and A raises the metaphysical or epistemic status of B given the obtaining …

There is a recent surge in the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) within education
globally, with disproportionate claims being made about what they show,'what works', and …

Universality is not sufficient to distinguish laws of nature from accidental regularities. A
multitude of additional defining features have been suggested. Yet, once it is acknowledged …

The book provides a novel account of laws of nature via dispositions. Laws of nature play a
paramount role in philosophy, science and everyday life. Understanding laws of nature is …

A number of years ago, I recognized that the mathematical formalism of modern physics,
well developed for describing the inanimate world, cannot be so efficient when the human …