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'Katzav on limitations of dispositions', 'Knowledge:Readings in Cont.Epist' and 'Causal Explanation'
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds
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The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause
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Explaining match lighting in general is like explaining one lighting of a match [Lewis]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / d. Selecting the cause
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Ways of carving causes may be natural, but never 'right' [Lewis]
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We only pick 'the' cause for the purposes of some particular enquiry. [Lewis]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
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Causal dependence is counterfactual dependence between events [Lewis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws
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Least action is not a causal law, but a 'global law', describing a global essence [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
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A hierarchy of natural kinds is elaborate ontology, but needed to explain natural laws [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
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Without general principles, we couldn't predict the behaviour of dispositional properties [Ellis]
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