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The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism - Ellis, Brian
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For many years essentialism was considered beyond the pale in philosophy, a relic of discredited Aristotelianism. This is no longer so. Kripke and Putnam have made belief in essential natures respectable once more. Harre and Madden have argued against Hume's theory of causation and developed an alternative theory based on the assumption that there are genuine causal powers in nature. Dretske, Tooley, Armstrong, Swoyer, and Carroll have all developed strong alternatives to Hume's theory of the laws of nature. And Shoemaker ...

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The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism 2002, McGill-Queen's University Press

ISBN-13: 9780773524743

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The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism 2002, Acumen Publishing Ltd, Durham

ISBN-13: 9781902683621

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The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism 2002, McGill-Queen's University Press

ISBN-13: 9780773524736

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The Philosophy of Nature: A Guide to the New Essentialism 2002, Acumen Publishing Ltd, Durham

ISBN-13: 9781902683614

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