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'Reply to Hellman', 'Politics' and 'New work for a theory of universals'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / a. Final purpose
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If nature makes everything for a purpose, then plants and animals must have been made for man [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes
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The best instruments have one purpose, not many [Aristotle]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
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Counterfactuals 'backtrack' if a different present implies a different past [Lewis]
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Causal counterfactuals must avoid backtracking, to avoid epiphenomena and preemption [Lewis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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Physics discovers laws and causal explanations, and also the natural properties required [Lewis]
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Physics aims for a list of natural properties [Lewis]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory
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A law of nature is any regularity that earns inclusion in the ideal system [Lewis]
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