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All the ideas for 'Katzav on limitations of dispositions', 'works' and 'Nietzsche and Philosophy'

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7 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification
10800 The values of variables can't determine existence, because they are just expressions [Ryle, by Quine]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming
21899 There is no being beyond becoming [Deleuze]
26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds
6613 The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 2. Types of Laws
6616 Least action is not a causal law, but a 'global law', describing a global essence [Ellis]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
6615 A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus [Ellis]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
6614 A hierarchy of natural kinds is elaborate ontology, but needed to explain natural laws [Ellis]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
6612 Without general principles, we couldn't predict the behaviour of dispositional properties [Ellis]