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[filed under theme 26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Full Idea
A specific universal can exist only if the generic universal of which it is a species exists, but generic universals don't depend on species; …the essence of any genus is included in its species, but not conversely.
Clarification
The 'genus' is the larger family of which the species is a member
Gist of Idea
A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus
Source
Brian Ellis (Katzav on limitations of dispositions [2005], 91)
Book Ref
-: 'Analysis 65.1 Jan 2005' [- 2005], p.91
A Reaction
Thus the species 'electron' would be part of the genus 'lepton', or 'human' part of 'mammal'. The point of all this is to show how individual items connect up with the rest of the universe, giving rise to universal laws, such as Least Action.
The
37 ideas
with the same theme
[basics of essence as foundation of the laws]:
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14049
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We aim to know the natures which are observed in natural phenomena
[Epicurus]
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12118
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Essences are part of first philosophy, but as part of nature, not part of logic
[Bacon]
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12550
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If we knew the minute mechanics of hemlock, we could predict that it kills men
[Locke]
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11854
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If there is some trace of God in things, that would explain their natural force
[Leibniz]
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11856
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Qualities should be predictable from the nature of the subject
[Leibniz]
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12994
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Gold has a real essence, unknown to us, which produces its properties
[Leibniz]
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12808
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Part of our idea of gold is its real essence, which is not known to us in detail
[Leibniz]
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8931
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The movement of pure essences constitutes the nature of scientific method
[Hegel]
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9363
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Science seeks classification which will discover laws, essences, and predictions
[Lewis,CI]
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12307
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Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them
[Copi]
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11189
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Dispositional essences are special, as if an object loses them they cease to exist
[Marcus (Barcan)]
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12175
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Galilean science aimed at true essences, as the ultimate explanations
[Popper]
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11192
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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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11190
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Archimedes meant by 'gold' the hidden structure or essence of the stuff
[Putnam]
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6615
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A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus
[Ellis]
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5459
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Essentialists say dispositions are basic, rather than supervenient on matter and natural laws
[Ellis]
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5461
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The essence of uranium is its atomic number and its electron shell
[Ellis]
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13566
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A proton must have its causal role, because without it it wouldn't be a proton
[Ellis]
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13579
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What is most distinctive of scientific essentialism is regarding processes as natural kinds
[Ellis]
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13581
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Scientific essentialism is more concerned with explanation than with identity (Locke, not Kripke)
[Ellis]
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13594
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The ontological fundamentals are dispositions, and also categorical (spatio-temporal and structural) properties
[Ellis]
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15951
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Alchemists tried to separate out essences, which influenced later chemistry
[Alexander,P]
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12085
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Reality is directional
[Witt]
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11959
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Science works when we assume natural kinds have essences - because it is true
[Molnar]
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9448
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Location in space and time are non-power properties
[Molnar, by Mumford]
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11930
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One essential property of a muon doesn't entail the others
[Molnar]
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9215
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Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa
[Fine,K]
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10411
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Two properties can have one power, and one property can have two powers
[Swoyer]
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12239
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The real essentialist is not merely a scientist
[Oderberg]
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15702
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Essentialism doesn't mean we know the essences
[Gelman]
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15705
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Essentialism encourages us to think about the world scientifically
[Gelman]
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17479
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The nature of an element must survive chemical change, so it is the nucleus, not the electrons
[Hendry]
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17485
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Maybe water is the smallest part of it that still counts as water (which is H2O molecules)
[Hendry]
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17484
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Maybe the nature of water is macroscopic, and not in the microstructure
[Hendry]
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17396
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The colour of gold is best explained by relativistic effects due to fast-moving inner-shell electrons
[Scerri]
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16760
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Substantial forms were a step towards scientific essentialism
[Pasnau]
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16976
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Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa)
[Tahko]
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