Full Idea
The marvellous success in science of the powers/natures formula as a guide to research naturally leads to an attempt at a universal application of such a powerful schema. The electric and magnetic and gravitational fields are known by their powers.
Gist of Idea
The powers/natures approach has been so successful (for electricity, magnetism, gravity) it may be universal
Source
Harré,R./Madden,E.H. (Causal Powers [1975], 9.III)
Book Reference
Harré,R/Madden,E.H.: 'Causal Powers: A Theory of Natural Necessity' [Blackwell 1975], p.177
A Reaction
This is a wonderfully heroic, and accurate, opposition to the prevailing accounts of science when they wrote. The laws, processes and equations of science and just part of a description of the natures and basic powers of what exists.