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'Syntagma', 'Prolegomena to Ethics' and 'Can Mechanisms Replace Laws of Nature?'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 3. Natural Function
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Rather than dispositions, functions may be the element that brought a thing into existence [Leuridan]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism
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Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi]
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How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities
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Pragmatic laws allow prediction and explanation, to the extent that reality is stable [Leuridan]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
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Strict regularities are rarely discovered in life sciences [Leuridan]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
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A 'law of nature' is just a regularity, not some entity that causes the regularity [Leuridan]
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