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'Deflationary Metaontology of Thomasson', 'The Value of Science' and 'Essence and Accident'
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them [Copi]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
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Real essences are scientifically knowable, but so are non-essential properties [Copi]
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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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