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'How the Laws of Physics Lie', 'Matter and Memory' and 'Letters to Samuel Clarke'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism
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The only simple things are monads, with no parts or extension [Leibniz]
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Atomism is irrational because it suggests that two atoms can be indistinguishable [Leibniz]
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Things are infinitely subdivisible and contain new worlds, which atoms would make impossible [Leibniz]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / e. Probabilistic causation
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A cause won't increase the effect frequency if other causes keep interfering [Cartwright,N]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws
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There are fundamental explanatory laws (false!), and phenomenological laws (regularities) [Cartwright,N, by Bird]
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Laws of appearances are 'phenomenological'; laws of reality are 'theoretical' [Cartwright,N]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
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Good organisation may not be true, and the truth may not organise very much [Cartwright,N]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
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To get from facts to equations, we need a prepared descriptions suited to mathematics [Cartwright,N]
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Simple laws have quite different outcomes when they act in combinations [Cartwright,N]
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There are few laws for when one theory meets another [Cartwright,N]
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