Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Bert Leuridan, Keith T. Maslin and Otto Neurath

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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 / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation

3528	Causality may require that a law is being followed [Maslin]

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 / 7. Strictness of Laws

3527	Strict laws allow no exceptions and are part of a closed system [Maslin]

3525	Strict laws make causation logically necessary [Maslin]

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

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