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Full Idea
If dispositional essentialism is granted, then there is a law of nature wherever there is an essential property of a natural kind; laws are just the havings of essential properties by natural kinds.
Gist of Idea
Laws of nature are just the possession of essential properties by natural kinds
Source
Stephen Mumford (Laws in Nature [2004], 07.2)
Book Ref
Mumford,Stephen: 'Laws in Nature' [Routledge 2006], p.108
A Reaction
[He is expounding Ellis's view]