Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, J Ladyman / D Ross and Henri Poincar
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 3. Knowing Kinds
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Explanation by kinds and by clusters of properties just express the stability of reality [Ladyman/Ross]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
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There is nothing more to a natural kind than a real pattern in nature [Ladyman/Ross]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 7. Eliminating causation
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Causation is found in the special sciences, but may have no role in fundamental physics [Ladyman/Ross]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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Science may have uninstantiated laws, inferred from approaching some unrealised limit [Ladyman/Ross]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
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The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré]
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