Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Philodemus, Hilary Putnam and Willard Quine
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
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It is hard to see how regularities could be explained [Quine]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Archimedes meant by 'gold' the hidden structure or essence of the stuff [Putnam]
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If causes are the essence of diseases, then disease is an example of a relational essence [Putnam, by Williams,NE]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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If water is H2O in the actual world, there is no possible world where it isn't H2O [Putnam]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism
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Essence gives an illusion of understanding [Quine, by Almog]
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We can't say 'necessarily if x is in water then x dissolves' if we can't quantify modally [Quine]
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