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a Nominalist. I am a scholastic Realist
of an extreme type. I not only believe
that Laws really are, but it seems to me
evident that Laws really live, and that
they are the only things that do live, the
only things whose being is complete.
Accordingly, I have no disposition to deny
Mill's Uniformity of Nature simply because
it is a law. Nevertheless, I do deny it. It
seems to me plain enough that Nature is
not absolutely uniform in any positive
sense. Variety, on the contrary, is the
leading characteristic of Nature; and
the uniformity of it is only just
barely sufficient to make things go

98

a Nominalist. I am a scholastic Realist
of an extreme type. I not only believe
that Laws really are, but it seems to me
evident that Laws really live, and that
they are the only things that do live, the
only things whose being is complete.
Accordingly, I have no disposition to deny
Mill's Uniformity of Nature simply because
it is a law. Nevertheless, I do deny it, It
seems to me plain enough that Nature is
not absolutely uniform in any positive
sense. Variety, on the contrary, is the
leading characteristic of Nature; and
the uniformity of it is only just
barely sufficient to make things go