?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Fundamental+Laws+and+the+Completeness+of+Physics&rft.creator=Spurrett%2C+David+Jon&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=The+status+of+fundamental+laws+is+an+important+issue+when+deciding+between+the+three+broad+ontological+options+of+fundamentalism+(of+which+the+thesis+that+physics+is+complete+is+typically+a+sub-type)%2C+emergentism%2C+and+disorder+or+promiscuous+realism.+Cartwright%C2%92s+assault+on+fundamental+laws+which+argues+that+such+laws+do+not%2C+and+cannot%2C+typically+state+the+facts%2C+and+hence+cannot+be+used+to+support+belief+in+a+fundamental+ontological+order%2C+is+discussed+in+this+context.+A+case+is+made+in+defence+of+a+moderate+form+of+fundamentalism%2C+which+leaves+open+the+possibility+of+emergentism%2C+but+sets+itself+against+the+view+that+our+best+ontology+is+disordered.+The+argument%2C+taking+its+cue+from+Bhaskar%2C+relies+on+a+consideration+of+the+epistemic+status+of+experiments%2C+and+the+question+of+the+possible+generality+of+knowledge+gained+in+unusual+or+controlled+environments.&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1272%2F1%2Ffundlaws.html&rft.identifier=++Spurrett%2C+David+Jon++(1999)+Fundamental+Laws+and+the+Completeness+of+Physics.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1272%2F