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Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Georg W.F.Hegel and Stephen R. Grimm

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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

8931	The movement of pure essences constitutes the nature of scientific method [Hegel]
	Full Idea: The movement of pure essences constitutes the nature of scientific method in general.
	From: Georg W.F.Hegel (Phenomenology of Spirit [1807], Pref 34)
	A reaction: This would appear to be precisely the idea of scientific essentialism - if he is saying that science seeks to understand the movement (or power) of essences as they occur in nature.

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity

8933	Science confronts the inner necessities of objects [Hegel]
	Full Idea: Scientific cognition demands surrender to the life of the object, or, what amounts to the same thing, confronting and expressing its inner necessity.
	From: Georg W.F.Hegel (Phenomenology of Spirit [1807], Pref 53)
	A reaction: This strikes me as being a much better account of what science tries to do than all the modern talk about laws and theories.