Mike Davis, who is the star of the story, starts to find his faith as he starts to get back to his Christian roots. He starts to remember what his parents taught him when he was young. He also struggles to figure out a way by which to come to terms with the gang that is after him and friend Kathy, who he is hoping will soon be more than a friend. As Mike starts to renew his faith, he will have to decide the best way in which to deal with the gang that is after him, and talk to Kathy about what he hopes will progress their relationship.
This new study provides a refreshing look at the issue of exceptions and shows that much of the problem stems from a failure to recognize at least two kinds of exception-ridden law: ceteris paribus laws and ideal laws. Billy Wheeler offers the first book-length discussion of ideal laws. The key difference between these two kinds of laws concerns the nature of the conditions that need to be satisfied and their epistemological role in the law’s formulation and discovery. He presents a Humean-inspired approach that draws heavily on concepts from the information and computing sciences. Specifically, Wheeler argues that laws are best seen as algorithms for compressing empirical data and that ideal laws are needed as 'lossy compressors' for complex data. Major figures in the metaphysics of science receive special attention such as Ronald Giere, Bas van Fraassen, Nancy Cartwright, David Lewis and Marc Lange. This book is essential reading for philosophers of science and will interest metaphysicians, epistemologists and others interested in applying concepts from computing to traditional philosophical problems.
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