Humeanism – the idea that there are no necessary connections between distinct existences – and Nomic Essentialism – the idea that properties essentially play the nomic roles that they do – are two of the most important and influential positions in the metaphysics of science. Traditionally, it has been thought that these positions were incompatible competitors. We disagree. We argue that there is an attractive version of Humeanism that captures the idea that, for example, mass essentially plays the role that it actually does in the laws of nature. In this paper we consider the arguments that have lead many to conclude that Humeanism cannot be combined with Nomic Essentialism; we identify the weaknesses in these arguments; and we argue in detail that a version of Humeanism based on a variant of the Best System account of laws captures the key intuitions behind nomic essentialism.

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人文经济学本质论

休谟主义——认为不同的存在之间没有必然联系的观点——和名义本质主义——认为属性本质上扮演它们所做的名义角色的观点——是科学形而上学中最重要和最有影响力的两个立场。传统上，人们认为这些职位是不相容的竞争对手。我们不同意。我们认为休谟主义有一个有吸引力的版本，它抓住了这样的想法，例如，质量本质上扮演着它在自然法则中实际扮演的角色。在本文中，我们考虑了导致许多人得出休谟主义不能与诺姆本质主义相结合的结论的论点；我们找出这些论点中的弱点；