Combining Philosophers
Ideas for David Fair, Jrgen Habermas and Barbara Vetter
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
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Science has shown that causal relations are just transfers of energy or momentum [Fair, by Sosa/Tooley]
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Fair shifted his view to talk of counterfactuals about energy flow [Fair, by Schaffer,J]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals
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The view that laws are grounded in substance plus external necessity doesn't suit dispositionalism [Vetter]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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Dispositional essentialism allows laws to be different, but only if the supporting properties differ [Vetter]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
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Laws are relations of kinds, quantities and qualities, supervening on the essences of a domain [Vetter]
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