laws of nature

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• laws of nature — One of the centrally contested concepts in the philosophy of science. The phrase suggests the dictate or fiat of a lawgiver, and for most thinkers, at least until the 18th century, discovering the laws of nature would be discovering how God had… …   Philosophy dictionary

• laws of nature — gamtos dėsnis statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Nuoseklus (periodiškas) gamtos reiškinių ir procesų pasikartojimas, būdingas kiekvienam gamtiniam komponenui ir visai geografinei sferai. atitikmenys: angl. laws of nature vok.… …   Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

• laws of nature — way that nature functions and cannot be changed …   English contemporary dictionary

• Nature (philosophy) — Nature is a concept with two major sets of inter related meanings, referring on the one hand to the things which are natural, or subject to the normal working of laws of nature , or on the other hand to the essential properties and causes of… …   Wikipedia

• Nature — • Has reference to the production of things, and hence generally includes in its connotation the ideas of energy and activity. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Nature     Nature    …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Nature — Na ture (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See {Nation}.] 1. The existing system of things; the universe of matter, energy, time and space; the physical world; all of creation. Contrasted with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Nature printing — Nature Na ture (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See {Nation}.] 1. The existing system of things; the universe of matter, energy, time and space; the physical world; all of creation. Contrasted… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Nature worship — Nature Na ture (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See {Nation}.] 1. The existing system of things; the universe of matter, energy, time and space; the physical world; all of creation. Contrasted… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Nature's God — may refer to: A phrase, associated with Deism, that is used in the United States Declaration of Independence: ...the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature s God entitle them... Nature s God, a book by Robert Anton… …   Wikipedia

• nature abhors a vacuum — This idiom is used to express the idea that empty or unfilled spaces are unnatural as they go against the laws of nature and physics …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• Nature — This article is about the physical universe. For other uses, see Nature (disambiguation). Natural and Natural World redirect here. For other uses, see Natural (disambiguation). See also: Natural environment Hopetoun Falls, Australia …   Wikipedia