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'fragments/reports', 'Meditations' and 'The Epistemology of Essence (draft)'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / a. Final purpose
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Many causes are quite baffling, so it is absurd to deduce causes from final purposes [Descartes]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / c. Conditions of causation
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There must be at least as much in the cause as there is in the effect [Descartes]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Scientific essentialists tend to characterise essence in terms of modality (not vice versa) [Tahko]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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If essence is modal and laws are necessary, essentialist knowledge is found by scientists [Tahko]
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