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Laws of nature are of two basic forms: 1) a law is Universal if it states that some conditions, so far as are known, in-variably
Laws of nature are of two basic forms: 1) a law is Universal if it states that some conditions, so far as are known, in-variably
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Laws of nature are of two basic forms: 1) a law is Universal if it states that some conditions, so far as are known, in-variably are found together with certain other conditions; and 2) a law is probabilistic if it affirms that, on the average, a stated fraction of cases displaying a given condition will display a certain other condition as well. In either case, a law may be valid even though it obtains only under special circumstances or as a convenient approximation.
(46)
Moreover, a law of nature has no logical necessity; rather, it rests directly or indirectly upon the evidence of experience.
Laws of universal form must be distinguished from generalizations, such as "All chairs in this office are gray," which appear to be accidental. Generalizations, for example, cannot support counterfactual conditional statements such as "If this chair had been in my office, it would be gray" nor subjunctive conditionals such as "If this chair were put in my office, it would be gray." On the other hand, the statement "All planetary objects move in nearly elliptical paths about their star" does provide this support. All scientific laws appear to give similar results. (47)
The class of universal statements that can be candidates for the status of laws, however, is determined at any time in history, by the theories of science current then.
Several positive attributes are commonly required of a natural law. Statements about things or events limited to one location or one date cannot be lawlike. Also, most scientists hold that the predicate must apply to evidence not used in deft-ring the law: though the law is founded upon experience, it must predict or help one to understand matters not included among these experiences. Finally, it is normally expected that o law will be explainable by more embracing laws or by some theory.
(48)
Thus t a regularity for which there are general theoretical grounds for expecting it will be more readily called a natural law than an empirical regularity that cannot be subsumed under more general laws or theories.
Universal laws are of several types. (49)
Many assert a dependence between varying quantities measuring certain properties, as in the law that the pressure of a gas under steady temperature is inversely proportional to its volume.
Others state that events occur in an invariant order, as in "Vertebrates always occur in the fossil record after the rise of invertebrates." Lastly, there are laws affirming that if an object is of a stated sort it will have certain observable properties. (50)
Part of the reason for the ambiguity of the term law of nature lies in the temptation to apply the term only to statements of one of these sorts of laws, as in the claim that science deals solely with cause and effect relationships, when in fact all three kinds are equally valid.
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然而,那些可能取得法则地位的带有普遍性的论断,是由特定历史时期流行的科学理论决定的。
解析
简单复合句的翻译,中英文语序的差别。本句的句干是…statements…is determined…by…。首先,要注意转折连词however翻译时一定要放在句首。句中that引导定语从句对statements进行限制。
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