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Ideas for 'A Discourse on Method', 'Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature' and 'Nature Without Essence'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

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Schelling sought a union between the productivities of nature and of the mind [Schelling, by Bowie]

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Schelling made organisms central to nature, because mere mechanism could never produce them [Schelling, by Pinkard]

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

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God has established laws throughout nature, and implanted ideas of them within us [Descartes]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism

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Defining an essence comes no where near giving a thing's nature [Almog]

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Essences promise to reveal reality, but actually drive us away from it [Almog]