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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
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We can easily think of nature as one individual [Spinoza]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes
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Nature has no particular goal in view, and final causes are mere human figments [Spinoza]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied
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Spinoza strongly attacked teleology, which is the lifeblood of classical logos [Roochnik on Spinoza]
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For Spinoza eyes don't act for purposes, but follow mechanical necessity [Roochnik on Spinoza]
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Final causes are figments of human imagination [Spinoza]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 3. Natural Function
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Essence is the source of a thing's characteristic behaviour [Oderberg]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
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There are potential infinities (never running out), but actual infinity is incoherent [Aristotle, by Friend]
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An infinite line can be marked in feet or inches, so one infinity is twelve times the other [Spinoza]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / a. Greek matter
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Aristotle's matter can become any other kind of matter [Aristotle, by Wiggins]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances
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In nature there is just one infinite substance [Spinoza]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One
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What makes Parmenidean reality a One rather than a Many? [Oderberg]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 3. Final causes
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A final cause is simply a human desire [Spinoza]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
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From a definite cause an effect necessarily follows [Spinoza]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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The real essentialist is not merely a scientist [Oderberg]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism
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The reductionism found in scientific essentialism is mistaken [Oderberg]
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