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work_grjyf6l4cveplbv7o4ivznetda	Toby Friend	Laws are conditionals	2016	22	.pdf	application/pdf	11789	727	61	Keywords Laws nature · Logical form · Conditionals · System · Equations Schema (1) characterises the logical form of laws as universally quantified conditionals where F and G are replaced by predicate clauses. type, then they will be a certain way, i.e. there is an antecedent comprising a classificatory predication of the kind of system the law is about (e.g. an epidemic, a stratum, Moreover, there are laws which are neither characteristically represented by equations nor in the form of a conditional, such as, the case since the variables in the ideal gas law, unlike purely mathematical equations, are associated with scientific units, e.g. Newtons-per-meter-squared (Nm−2) But laws cannot have the form Bx where x is a variable ranging over entities and B is a behavioural predicate indicating that whatever satisfies it bears certain Bowditch's law appears to condition the behaviour of a certain type of entity on the	./cache/work_grjyf6l4cveplbv7o4ivznetda.pdf	./txt/work_grjyf6l4cveplbv7o4ivznetda.txt