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Full Idea
Substance are what the world is articulated into when the segments of kinds corresponds to the real divisions in reality.
Gist of Idea
If the kinds are divided realistically, they fall into substances
Source
David Wiggins (Substance [1995], 4.5.1)
Book Ref
'Philosophy: a Guide Through the Subject', ed/tr. Grayling,A.C. [OUP 1995], p.220
A Reaction
This is very helpful in clarifying Wiggins's very obscurely expressed views. He appears to be saying that if we divide the sheep from the goats correctly, we reveal sheep-substance and goat-substance (one substance per species). Crazy!