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'The Value of Science', 'On Liberty' and 'The Epistemology of Essence (draft)'
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa) [Tahko]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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If essence is modal and laws are necessary, essentialist knowledge is found by scientists [Tahko]
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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]
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