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Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Sydney Shoemaker and Weisberg/Needham/Hendry
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements
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Lavoisier's elements included four types of earth [Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata
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If causality is between events, there must be reference to the properties involved [Shoemaker]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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If things turn red for an hour and then explode, we wouldn't say the redness was the cause [Shoemaker]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 5. Laws from Universals
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We might say laws are necessary by combining causal properties with Armstrong-Dretske-Tooley laws [Shoemaker]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / b. Scientific necessity
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If causal laws describe causal potentialities, the same laws govern properties in all possible worlds [Shoemaker]
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If properties are causal, then causal necessity is a species of logical necessity [Shoemaker]
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If a world has different causal laws, it must have different properties [Shoemaker]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
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It looks as if the immutability of the powers of a property imply essentiality [Shoemaker]
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