 A reconnection to metaphysics: One of the most salient trends in the current literature is that the discussion of cp-laws (re)connects philosophy of science to analytic metaphysics in at least three respects: (i) current accounts of cp-laws make use of David Lewis’s (1973) best system account of laws; moreover, (ii) the interpretation of objective probabilities and (iii) the metaphysics of dispositions are brought into play for making progress in understanding cp-law statements. 