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Expansion for Natural Theory

1061 1. Philosophy
635 2. Reason
630 3. Truth
784 4. Formal Logic
1246 5. Theory of Logic
1191 6. Mathematics
1062 7. Existence
896 8. Modes of Existence
1531 9. Objects
800 10. Modality
490 11. Knowledge Aims
718 12. Knowledge Sources
636 13. Knowledge Criteria
688 14. Science
564 15. Nature of Minds
499 16. Persons
497 17. Mind and Body
873 18. Thought
841 19. Language
323 20. Action
272 21. Aesthetics
989 22. Metaethics
1002 23. Ethics
973 24. Political Theory
773 25. Social Practice
1001 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
13 6. Early Matter Theories a. Greek matter
11 b. Prime matter
11 c. Ultimate substances
7 d. The unlimited
23 e. The One
29 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
21 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
21 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
38 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
729 27. Natural Reality
429 28. God
309 29. Religion