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Ideas for 'General Facts,Phys Necessity, and Metaph of Time', 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes' and 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
Locke seems to use real essence for scientific explanation, and substratum for the being of a thing [Locke, by Jones,J-E]
To explain qualities, Locke invokes primary and secondary qualities, not real essences [Locke, by Jones,J-E]
Gold is supposed to have a real essence, from whence its detectable properties flow [Locke]