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'A Short History of Ethics', 'Declaration of the Rights of Man' and 'The Philosophy of Nature: new essentialism'
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds
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Natural kinds are of objects/substances, or events/processes, or intrinsic natures [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
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Essentialism says natural kinds are fundamental to nature, and determine the laws [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 6. Necessity of Kinds
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For essentialists two members of a natural kind must be identical [Ellis]
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The whole of our world is a natural kind, so all worlds like it necessarily have the same laws [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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Essentialists regard inanimate objects as genuine causal agents [Ellis]
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Essentialists believe causation is necessary, resulting from dispositions and circumstances [Ellis]
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A general theory of causation is only possible in an area if natural kinds are involved [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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For 'passivists' behaviour is imposed on things from outside [Ellis]
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The laws of nature imitate the hierarchy of natural kinds [Ellis]
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Laws of nature tend to describe ideal things, or ideal circumstances [Ellis]
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We must explain the necessity, idealisation, ontology and structure of natural laws [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
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Causal relations cannot be reduced to regularities, as they could occur just once [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Essentialists say dispositions are basic, rather than supervenient on matter and natural laws [Ellis]
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The essence of uranium is its atomic number and its electron shell [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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For essentialists, laws of nature are metaphysically necessary, being based on essences of natural kinds [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
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Essentialism requires a clear separation of semantics, epistemology and ontology [Ellis]
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