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@InCollection{sep-laws-of-nature,
author = {Carroll, John W.},
title = {{Laws of Nature}},
booktitle = {The {Stanford} Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
editor = {Edward N. Zalta and Uri Nodelman},
howpublished = {\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2024/entries/laws-of-nature/}},
year = {2024},
edition = {{W}inter 2024},
publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}