Abstraction and Depth in Scientific Explanation [Book Review]

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 84 (2):483-491 (2012)
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Laws and meta-laws of nature: Conservation laws and symmetries.Marc Lange - 2007 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 38 (3):457-481.
Laws and Meta-Laws of Nature.Marc Lange - 2007 - The Harvard Review of Philosophy 15 (1):21-36.
Dimensional explanations.Marc Lange - 2009 - Noûs 43 (4):742-775.

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