How General is Generalized Scientific Essentialism?
Erik Anderson I look at a recent argument in defense of a doctrine which I will call ‘generalized scientific essentialism’. This is the doctrine according to which not only are some facts about substance composition metaphysically necessary, but in addition some facts about substance behavior are metaphysically necessary. I explore the degree to which this new argument provides a means of generalizing classical scientific essentialism to include substance behavior, and therefore a means of defending a strong necessitarian theory of natural laws.
