ABSTRACT
The role of properties in specifying different views on laws of nature is significant: virtually any position on laws will make some reference to properties, and some of the leading views even reduce laws to properties. This chapter will first outline what laws of nature are typically taken to be and then specify their connection to properties in more detail. We shall see that different conceptions of properties also result in different views of the modal status of laws, such as the question of whether laws are metaphysically necessary or contingent. Some conceptions of properties that have an especially intimate connection to laws include natural, essential, and dispositional properties. Finally, there are also important links specifically between properties, natural kinds, and laws of nature that deserve our attention.
