What is a Law of Nature
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Manuscript Metadata
Resource ID
1296
Access
Open
Contributed by
Frederik Wellmann
type of material
A. MS.
Category
LOGIC (MS 339-1009)
description
The meaning of the phrase "Law of Nature," and the history of its usage. The Aristotelian theory of growth and potentiality. Scholastic realism and substantial forms. The anti-Aristotelianism of Ockham. The Cartesian view of "law." Seventeenth-century atheism in England. Modern nominalism.
general index
Descartes RenĂˆ ., Form, substantial, Cartesian view of Law(s), Law(s) of nature, Nominalism, Ockham William of, Scholastic Realism, Religion, Scholastic realism
pagination
pp. 1-40, with variants
Date
1901~?
manuscript number
870
publication
[c.1901?]
topic
LOGIC / PRACTICAL LOGIC, NOTES, FRAGMENTS
manuscript contains non-textual content
no
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