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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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Laws don't exist in the world; they are true of the world [Ellis]
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A universe couldn't consist of mere laws [Armstrong]
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Science depends on laws of nature to study unobserved times and spaces [Armstrong]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws
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Oaken conditional laws, Iron universal laws, and Steel necessary laws [Armstrong, by PG]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities
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Newton's First Law refers to bodies not acted upon by a force, but there may be no such body [Armstrong]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
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Regularities are lawful if a second-order universal unites two first-order universals [Armstrong, by Lewis]
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A naive regularity view says if it never occurs then it is impossible [Armstrong]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals
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The laws of nature link properties with properties [Armstrong]
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Rather than take necessitation between universals as primitive, just make laws primitive [Maudlin on Armstrong]
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Armstrong has an unclear notion of contingent necessitation, which can't necessitate anything [Bird on Armstrong]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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A proton must have its causal role, because without it it wouldn't be a proton [Ellis]
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What is most distinctive of scientific essentialism is regarding processes as natural kinds [Ellis]
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Scientific essentialism is more concerned with explanation than with identity (Locke, not Kripke) [Ellis]
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The ontological fundamentals are dispositions, and also categorical (spatio-temporal and structural) properties [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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A primary aim of science is to show the limits of the possible [Ellis]
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