back to areas     |     expand all areas     |     Click on an area to expand it    |      Idea totals are in red.

Expansion for Natural Theory

1051 1. Philosophy
623 2. Reason
626 3. Truth
784 4. Formal Logic
1242 5. Theory of Logic
1188 6. Mathematics
1041 7. Existence
881 8. Modes of Existence
1528 9. Objects
799 10. Modality
484 11. Knowledge Aims
711 12. Knowledge Sources
633 13. Knowledge Criteria
674 14. Science
546 15. Nature of Minds
492 16. Persons
495 17. Mind and Body
857 18. Thought
835 19. Language
312 20. Action
264 21. Aesthetics
960 22. Metaethics
987 23. Ethics
912 24. Political Theory
750 25. Social Practice
992 26. Natural Theory
A. Speculations on Nature
34 1. Nature
13 2. Natural Purpose a. Final purpose
17 b. Limited purposes
14 c. Purpose denied
8 3. Natural Function
14 4. Mathematical Nature
14 5. Infinite in Nature
12 6. Early Matter Theories a. Greek matter
11 b. Prime matter
11 c. Ultimate substances
7 d. The unlimited
20 e. The One
28 f. Ancient elements
40 g. Atomism
10 7. Later Matter Theories a. Early Modern matter
7 b. Corpuscles
8 c. Matter as extension
B. Natural Kinds
20 1. Natural Kinds
9 2. Defining Kinds
9 3. Knowing Kinds
13 4. Source of Kinds
13 5. Reference to Natural Kinds
7 6. Necessity of Kinds
12 7. Critique of Kinds
C. Causation
32 1. Causation
21 2. Types of cause
5 3. Final causes
28 4. Naturalised causation
19 5. Direction of causation
5 6. Causation as primitive
19 7. Eliminating causation
11 8. Particular Causation a. Observation of causation
41 b. Causal relata
19 c. Conditions of causation
14 d. Selecting the cause
10 e. Probabilistic causation
24 9. General Causation a. Constant conjunction
22 b. Nomological causation
37 c. Counterfactual causation
31 d. Causal necessity
D. Laws of Nature
40 1. Laws of Nature
11 2. Types of Laws
8 3. Laws and Generalities
41 4. Regularities a. Regularity theory
17 b. Best system theory
13 5. Laws from Universals
6 6. Laws as Numerical
12 7. Strictness of Laws
37 8. Scientific Essentialism a. Scientific essentialism
26 b. Scientific necessity
22 c. Essence and laws
15 d. Knowing essences
17 e. Anti scientific essentialism
10 9. Counterfactual Claims
4 10. Closure of Physics
24 11. Against Laws of Nature
713 27. Natural Reality
428 28. God
296 29. Religion