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Ideas for 'Externalism', 'Davidson on himself' and 'Dispositional Essentialism and the Laws of Nature'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism

6156	The 17th century reintroduced atoms as mathematical modes of Euclidean space [Rowlands]

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

6170	Natural kinds are defined by their real essence, as in gold having atomic number 79 [Rowlands]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation

3962	Cause and effect relations between events must follow strict laws [Davidson]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

17993

Laws are relations of kinds, quantities and qualities, supervening on the essences of a domain [Vetter]