Popper on necessity and natural laws

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In Mario Alai & Gino Tarozzi (eds.), Karl Popper philosopher of science : proceedings of the conference. Soveria Mannelli, Italy: Rubbettino. pp. 107-118 (2006)
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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.

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Universality and necessity.William Kneale - 1961 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 12 (46):89-102.
A revised definition of natural necessity.Karl R. Popper - 1967 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 18 (4):316-321.

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