Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Phil Dowe, Roy Bhaskar and R Cook / P Ebert

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5 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

15143

Kind essences are the categorical bases of a thing's causal powers [Bhaskar, by Chakravartty]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

9141	Abstraction theories build mathematics out of second-order equivalence principles [Cook/Ebert]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

14586

Physical causation consists in transference of conserved quantities [Dowe, by Mumford/Anjum]

4787	Causation interaction is an exchange of conserved quantities, such as mass, energy or charge [Dowe, by Psillos]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 9. Counterfactual Claims

4788	Dowe commends the Conserved Quantity theory as it avoids mention of counterfactuals [Dowe, by Psillos]