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Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, George Molnar and Bertrand Russell
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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The law of gravity has many consequences beyond its grounding observations [Russell]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals
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In causal laws, 'events' must recur, so they have to be universals, not particulars [Russell]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 6. Laws as Numerical
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The constancy of scientific laws rests on differential equations, not on cause and effect [Russell]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Science works when we assume natural kinds have essences - because it is true [Molnar]
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Location in space and time are non-power properties [Molnar, by Mumford]
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One essential property of a muon doesn't entail the others [Molnar]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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It is contingent which kinds and powers exist in the world [Molnar]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
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The laws of nature depend on the powers, not the other way round [Molnar]
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The laws of motion and gravitation are just parts of the definition of a kind of matter [Russell]
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We can't know that our laws are exceptionless, or even that there are any laws [Russell]
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