This is Volume V of a series of six on the Philosophy of Science. Originally published in 1923, this study offers an enquiry into the character and validity of natural laws- to state what kind of reasons there can be for holding any scientific theories whatever, whether they are those of Pythagoras, of Newton or of Einstein.

A D Ritchie

Preface; Chapter 1 Introductory; Chapter 2 The External World; Chapter 3 Natural Laws; Chapter 4 The Validity of Laws; Chapter 5 Measurement; Chapter 6 Theories; Chapter 7 Conclusion;