Philosophy
The Metaphysics of Laws of Nature and the Regularity View
Quick fact
The regularity view, famously associated with David Hume, holds that a law of nature is simply a regularity—a pattern of constant conjunction—that we project onto the world. Yet, the most sophisticated version, the 'best system' account, tries to pick out which regularities count as laws by requiring them to be theorems of the simplest, most powerful axiomatic system of nature.
Why this is interesting
We all expect the sun to rise tomorrow, but what makes that expectation more than a habit? Is there a real 'law' behind it, or just a pattern?