I think (no, I know for sure!) that the philosophy of nature that Mr. Butterfield is talking about is entirely and completely the only true and scientific philosophy of dialectical materialism. I have a book called “Theory of Nature” (TN) and a number of articles. Their philosophical basis is the philosophy of dialectical materialism, which develops a dialectical-materialistic worldview.
And this was the main decisive and determining factor in the fact that more than 40 fundamental problems of the foundations of physics and cosmogony (cosmology) were solved within the framework of TN.
TN is a scientific Revolution in physics and cosmogony (cosmology)!
With respect
Robert Yusupov from Vladivostok, independent researcher, dialectical materialist, Marxist, communist
References
- Nature as an Objective Reality https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSNAA,
- Philosophy and Physics https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSPAP,
- Theory of Nature (in Russian) https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSTON,
- Announcement of the Scientific Revolution https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSAOT,
- The Third Side of the Main Question of Philosophy (MQP) https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSTTS,
- About the Quantum of Matter for Philosophers https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSPAT-2,
- My View on K. Popper's Criterion https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSOLA,
- Once Again about Nature and its Material Principles https://philpapers.org/archive/YUSOAA.pdf.
