Combining Philosophers

Ideas for David Fair, Sebastian Gardner and Sydney Shoemaker

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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals

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We might say laws are necessary by combining causal properties with Armstrong-Dretske-Tooley laws [Shoemaker]

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

8560	If causal laws describe causal potentialities, the same laws govern properties in all possible worlds [Shoemaker]

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If properties are causal, then causal necessity is a species of logical necessity [Shoemaker]

8561	If a world has different causal laws, it must have different properties [Shoemaker]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences

8553	It looks as if the immutability of the powers of a property imply essentiality [Shoemaker]