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All the ideas for 'From Stimulus to Science', 'Inessential Aristotle: Powers without Essences' and 'Thought and Responsibility'

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8 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

6564	To affirm 'p and not-p' is to have mislearned 'and' or 'not' [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

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Powers give explanations, without being necessary for some class membership [Chakravartty]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

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A kind essence is the necessary and sufficient properties for membership of a class [Chakravartty]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Cluster kinds are explained simply by sharing some properties, not by an 'essence' [Chakravartty]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Explanation of causal phenomena concerns essential kinds - but also lack of them [Chakravartty]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

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A man is a responsible agent to the extent he has an intention, and knows what he is doing [Hampshire]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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Some kinds, such as electrons, have essences, but 'cluster kinds' do not [Chakravartty]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

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Many causal laws do not refer to kinds, but only to properties [Chakravartty]