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'How the Laws of Physics Lie', 'The History of the Jews' and 'Chemistry'
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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 / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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The nature of an element must survive chemical change, so it is the nucleus, not the electrons [Hendry]
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Maybe the nature of water is macroscopic, and not in the microstructure [Hendry]
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Maybe water is the smallest part of it that still counts as water (which is H2O molecules) [Hendry]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
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There are few laws for when one theory meets another [Cartwright,N]
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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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