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'Katzav on limitations of dispositions', 'De Corpore (Elements, First Section)' and 'Carnap and Logical Truth'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
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Prime matter is body considered with mere size and extension, and potential [Hobbes]
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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 / 1. Causation
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Acting on a body is either creating or destroying a property in it [Hobbes]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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An effect needs a sufficient and necessary cause [Hobbes]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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A cause is the complete sum of the features which necessitate the effect [Hobbes]
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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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