Popper on Necessity and Natural Laws
| Author | Gino Tarozzi |
|---|---|
| Published | 2006 |
| Publisher | Rubbettino Industrie Grafiche ed Editoriali |
During his philosophical career Karl Popper sought to characterize natural laws alternately as strictly universal and as 'naturally' or 'physically' necessary statements. In this paper we argue that neither characterization does what Popper claimed and sketch a reconstruction of his views that avoids some of their major drawbacks.