Richard Swinburne - Which Laws of Nature are Fundamental?

Why is there a world that works so well? How does the cosmos generate diversity and opportunity? A major reason is innumerable regularities, which we call laws of nature, make things happen. But which of these laws are ’fundamental’ in the sense that they are the most basic? We search for the deep building blocks of the world. Free access to Closer to Truth’s library of 5,000 videos: Watch more interviews on laws of nature: Richard Swinburne is a Fellow of the British Academy. He is Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford. Register for free at for subscriber-only exclusives: Closer to Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate inte