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Ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'What is a Law of Nature?' and 'Chemistry'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One
17692 We can't deduce the phenomena from the One [Armstrong]
26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds
17478 Maybe two kinds are the same if there is no change of entropy on isothermal mixing [Hendry]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause
17689 Absences might be effects, but surely not causes? [Armstrong]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
17662 Science depends on laws of nature to study unobserved times and spaces [Armstrong]
17682 A universe couldn't consist of mere laws [Armstrong]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws
17690 Oaken conditional laws, Iron universal laws, and Steel necessary laws [Armstrong, by PG]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities
17670 Newton's First Law refers to bodies not acted upon by a force, but there may be no such body [Armstrong]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
8582 Regularities are lawful if a second-order universal unites two first-order universals [Armstrong, by Lewis]
17671 A naive regularity view says if it never occurs then it is impossible [Armstrong]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals
17681 The laws of nature link properties with properties [Armstrong]
16246 Rather than take necessitation between universals as primitive, just make laws primitive [Maudlin on Armstrong]
9480 Armstrong has an unclear notion of contingent necessitation, which can't necessitate anything [Bird on Armstrong]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
17479 The nature of an element must survive chemical change, so it is the nucleus, not the electrons [Hendry]
17485 Maybe water is the smallest part of it that still counts as water (which is H2O molecules) [Hendry]
17484 Maybe the nature of water is macroscopic, and not in the microstructure [Hendry]