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'Thinking About Mathematics', 'New Essays on Human Understanding' and 'Grounding, Transitivity and Contrastivity'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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I take what is fundamental to be the whole spatiotemporal manifold and its fields [Schaffer,J]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
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Nowadays causation is usually understood in terms of equations and variable ranges [Schaffer,J]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Qualities should be predictable from the nature of the subject [Leibniz]
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Gold has a real essence, unknown to us, which produces its properties [Leibniz]
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Part of our idea of gold is its real essence, which is not known to us in detail [Leibniz]
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