Full Idea
Essentialism encourages a 'scientific' mindset in thinking about the natural world, a belief that intensive study of a natural domain will yield ever more underlying properties.
Gist of Idea
Essentialism encourages us to think about the world scientifically
Source
Susan A. Gelman (The Essential Child [2003], 11 'Intro')
Book Reference
Gelman,Susan A.: 'The Essential Child' [OUP 2005], p.296
A Reaction
Maybe scientists must be committed to essences, the way mathematicians must be committed to numbers? This idea spendidly opposes the doubts expressed by Popper.
Related Idea
Idea 12179 Essentialist views of science prevent further questions from being raised [Popper]