Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Anaxarchus, David M. Armstrong and Rudolph Carnap

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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 / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause
17689 Absences might be effects, but surely not causes? [Armstrong]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
18380 Negative causations supervene on positive causations plus their laws? [Armstrong]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
4798 In recent writings, Armstrong makes a direct identification of necessitation with causation [Armstrong, by Psillos]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
17682 A universe couldn't consist of mere laws [Armstrong]
17662 Science depends on laws of nature to study unobserved times and spaces [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]
8541 Regularities theories are poor on causal connections, counterfactuals and probability [Armstrong]
8540 The introduction of sparse properties avoids the regularity theory's problem with 'grue' [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 / e. Anti scientific essentialism
5492 How can essences generate the right powers to vary with distance between objects? [Armstrong]