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Ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Properties' and 'Letter to Menoeceus'

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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

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If laws are mere regularities, they give no grounds for future prediction [Swoyer]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

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Two properties can have one power, and one property can have two powers [Swoyer]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré]