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'Parmenides', 'Conjectures and Refutations' and 'Causality and Properties'
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Galilean science aimed at true essences, as the ultimate explanations [Popper]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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If causal laws describe causal potentialities, the same laws govern properties in all possible worlds [Shoemaker]
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If properties are causal, then causal necessity is a species of logical necessity [Shoemaker]
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If a world has different causal laws, it must have different properties [Shoemaker]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
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It looks as if the immutability of the powers of a property imply essentiality [Shoemaker]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism
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Essentialist views of science prevent further questions from being raised [Popper]
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