but is just a term used by scientists who want to (possibly sensibly) avoid thinking about metaphysics
It’s certainly that, but I don’t think it’s just that. I’ve seen at least one instance (though I can’t remember where) of someone explicitly not-rejecting the possibility of natural laws that switch on, so to speak, above a certain scale.
Yeah, I know it is sometimes used by philosophers with specific precise meanings, it’s just I’ve never been sure that there is a standard precise(ish) meaning.
It’s certainly that, but I don’t think it’s just that. I’ve seen at least one instance (though I can’t remember where) of someone explicitly not-rejecting the possibility of natural laws that switch on, so to speak, above a certain scale.
Yeah, I know it is sometimes used by philosophers with specific precise meanings, it’s just I’ve never been sure that there is a standard precise(ish) meaning.