id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_vvvxfvnwdrahtgtk3rr25togpm Mike Townsen Hicks Dynamic Humeanism 2017 25 .pdf application/pdf 11459 799 65 Instead, I'll be arguing that the current incarnation of the regularity theory cannot cleave the laws from the accidental truths. external critics have argued that the BSA's reliance on strength and simplicity don't connect with the practice of science so the regularity theory must be The regularity theory holds that laws of nature are merely generalizations. laws, scientists are looking for generalizations that best balance simplicity and So the simplicity requirement of the BSA is not capturing those features of laws Fortunately, the BSA's account of the role of laws is not the only regularity The Näıve Epistemic Account holds that laws are those generalizations for which we have a high degree of inductive support. Epistemic Role Account (era): The laws of nature are those The ERA identifies a role for laws distinct from that provided by the BSA. [2013]: 'Simplicity in the Best Systems Account of Laws of ./cache/work_vvvxfvnwdrahtgtk3rr25togpm.pdf ./txt/work_vvvxfvnwdrahtgtk3rr25togpm.txt