The philosophy of nature a guide to the new essentialism

• Published in: The philosophy of nature
• Main Author: Ellis, Brian
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Montreal [Que.] McGill-Queen's University Press 2002; Routledge; Taylor and Francis; MQUP; Taylor & Francis Group; Acumen
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Essence (Philosophy); Essentialism (Philosophy); Necessity (Philosophy); Philosophy; Philosophy of nature; Intrinsic Causal Powers; metaphysical; Planck's Law; Orbital Angular Momentum; Inanimate Brute Matter; kinds; Lockean Primary Qualities; Humean Regularity Theory; Causal Powers; Twin Earth; causal; Natural Necessitation; Nominal Essence; Natural Kinds Structure; Protective Belt; Copper Atom; Free Agents; natural; Divine Command Theory; Dispositional Properties; Van Der Waals's Equation; Manifest Image; Formal Logical Truth; Objective Causal Powers; Make Ups; Physico Mathematical Sciences; intrinsic; Natural Kinds; Genuine Causal Powers; Metaphysical Backing; dispositional; powers; properties; necessity; essential

In "The Philosophy of Nature," Brian Ellis provides a clear and forthright general summation of, and introduction to, the new essentialist position. Although the theory that the laws of nature are immanent in things, rather than imposed on them from without, is an ancient one, much recent...