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Ideas for 'Syntagma', 'Getting Causes from Powers' and 'Principle Doctrines ('Kuriai Doxai') (frags)'

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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 7. Strictness of Laws

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A 'ceteris paribus' clause implies that a conditional only has dispositional force [Mumford/Anjum]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity

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There may be necessitation in the world, but causation does not supply it [Mumford/Anjum]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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Laws are nothing more than descriptions of the behaviour of powers [Mumford/Anjum]

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If laws are equations, cause and effect must be simultaneous (or the law would be falsified)! [Mumford/Anjum]