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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'The Rationalists' and 'The Meaning of 'Meaning''

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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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The hidden structure of a natural kind determines membership in all possible worlds [Putnam]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

4306	For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

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If causes are the essence of diseases, then disease is an example of a relational essence [Putnam, by Williams,NE]

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Archimedes meant by 'gold' the hidden structure or essence of the stuff [Putnam]