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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Nature Without Essence' and 'Essays on Active Powers 4: Liberty of Agents'

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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction

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We all know that mere priority or constant conjunction do not have to imply causation [Reid]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

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The principle of the law of nature is that matter is passive, and is acted upon [Reid]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism

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Defining an essence comes no where near giving a thing's nature [Almog]

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Essences promise to reveal reality, but actually drive us away from it [Almog]