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Ideas for 'The Mental Life of Some Machines', 'Chemistry' and 'The Varieties of Necessity'

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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds

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Maybe two kinds are the same if there is no change of entropy on isothermal mixing [Hendry]

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

17484

Maybe the nature of water is macroscopic, and not in the microstructure [Hendry]

9215	Causation is easier to disrupt than logic, so metaphysics is part of nature, not vice versa [Fine,K]

17479

The nature of an element must survive chemical change, so it is the nucleus, not the electrons [Hendry]

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Maybe water is the smallest part of it that still counts as water (which is H2O molecules) [Hendry]