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'Every Thing Must Go', 'Brains and Behaviour' and 'Externalism'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism
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6156
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The 17th century reintroduced atoms as mathematical modes of Euclidean space [Rowlands]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds
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Natural kinds are defined by their real essence, as in gold having atomic number 79 [Rowlands]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 3. Knowing Kinds
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Explanation by kinds and by clusters of properties just express the stability of reality [Ladyman/Ross]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
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There is nothing more to a natural kind than a real pattern in nature [Ladyman/Ross]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 7. Eliminating causation
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Causation is found in the special sciences, but may have no role in fundamental physics [Ladyman/Ross]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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Science may have uninstantiated laws, inferred from approaching some unrealised limit [Ladyman/Ross]
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