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'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'The Advancement of Learning' and 'Interview with Baggini and Stangroom'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied
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Teleological accounts are fine in metaphysics, but they stop us from searching for the causes [Bacon]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
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Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Essences are part of first philosophy, but as part of nature, not part of logic [Bacon]
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