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'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'Chemistry' and 'Process Metaphysics'
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds
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Maybe two kinds are the same if there is no change of entropy on isothermal mixing [Hendry]
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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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The nature of an element must survive chemical change, so it is the nucleus, not the electrons [Hendry]
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Maybe the nature of water is macroscopic, and not in the microstructure [Hendry]
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Maybe water is the smallest part of it that still counts as water (which is H2O molecules) [Hendry]
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