Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Bert Leuridan, Howard Robinson and Theodore Sider

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 3. Natural Function

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Rather than dispositions, functions may be the element that brought a thing into existence [Leuridan]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / c. Matter as extension

6519	Locke's solidity is not matter, because that is impenetrability and hardness combined [Robinson,H]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities

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Pragmatic laws allow prediction and explanation, to the extent that reality is stable [Leuridan]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

14385

Strict regularities are rarely discovered in life sciences [Leuridan]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The notion of law doesn't seem to enhance physical theories [Sider]

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Many of the key theories of modern physics do not appear to be 'laws' [Sider]

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A 'law of nature' is just a regularity, not some entity that causes the regularity [Leuridan]