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'The Metaphysics of Scientific Realism', 'On the Notion of Cause' and 'Causal Structuralism'
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds
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There are natural kinds of processes [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
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Natural kind structures go right down to the bottom level [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 7. Eliminating causation
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The law of causality is a source of confusion, and should be dropped from philosophy [Russell]
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If causes are contiguous with events, only the last bit is relevant, or the event's timing is baffling [Russell]
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Maybe scientific causation is just generalisation about the patterns [Hawthorne]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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Striking a match causes its igniting, even if it sometimes doesn't work [Russell]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities
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Laws of nature are just descriptions of how things are disposed to behave [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals
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In causal laws, 'events' must recur, so they have to be universals, not particulars [Russell]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 6. Laws as Numerical
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We only know the mathematical laws, but not much else [Hawthorne]
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The constancy of scientific laws rests on differential equations, not on cause and effect [Russell]
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