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Single Idea 9448
[filed under theme 26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Full Idea
Molnar argues that some properties are non-powers, and he cites spatial location, spatial orientation, and temporal location.
Gist of Idea
Location in space and time are non-power properties
Source
report of George Molnar (Powers [1998], 158-62) by Stephen Mumford - Laws in Nature 11.4
Book Ref
Mumford,Stephen: 'Laws in Nature' [Routledge 2006], p.187
A Reaction
Although you might say an event happened 'because' of an item on this list, this doesn't feel right to me. The ability to arrest someone is a power, but being at the scene of the crime isn't. It's an opportunity for a power.
The
37 ideas
with the same theme
[basics of essence as foundation of the laws]:
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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