Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Harré,R./Madden,E.H., Galen and David Marshall
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals
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Originally Humeans based lawlike statements on pure qualities, without particulars [Harré/Madden]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 7. Strictness of Laws
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Being lawlike seems to resist formal analysis, because there are always counter-examples [Harré/Madden]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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Necessary effects will follow from some general theory specifying powers and structure of a world [Harré/Madden]
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Humeans say there is no necessity in causation, because denying an effect is never self-contradictory [Harré/Madden]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
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In lawful universal statements (unlike accidental ones) we see why the regularity holds [Harré/Madden]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
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We could call any generalisation a law, if it had reasonable support and no counter-evidence [Harré/Madden]
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