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Full Idea
On the Mill-Ramsey-Lewis account of laws, I take it that if the world is extensive and variegated enough, then there must be laws.
Gist of Idea
If laws are just regularities, then there have to be laws
Source
Tim Maudlin (The Metaphysics within Physics [2007], 5.2)
Book Ref
Maudlin,Tim: 'The Metaphysics within Physics' [OUP 2007], p.150
A Reaction
A nice point. If there is any sort of pattern discernible in the surface waves on the sea, then there must be a law to cover it, not matter how vague or complex.