 The motivation of those who take option (c) and stick to the concept of law is that the generalizations cited above have enough in common with Newton’s first law or the Schrödinger-equation to classify them as laws. For instance, they play the same kind of role in explanation, prediction, and they support counterfactuals. There are two beneficial consequences of this particular approach. First (against option (a)), it need not be denied that there are genuine explanations etc. in the special sciences. Second (against option (b)), in analogy to the traditional view, the concept of a law (albeit of a non-universal or ceteris paribus law) can be used in explications of notions such as explanation, and causation.