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Ideas for 'Changes in Events and Changes in Things', 'The Structure of Objects' and 'The Search After Truth'

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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds

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The Kripke/Putnam approach to natural kind terms seems to give them excessive stability [Koslicki]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 3. Knowing Kinds

13285

Natural kinds support inductive inferences, from previous samples to the next one [Koslicki]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

13287

Concepts for species are either intrinsic structure, or relations like breeding or ancestry [Koslicki]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 5. Reference to Natural Kinds

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Should vernacular classifications ever be counted as natural kind terms? [Koslicki]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

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In a true cause we see a necessary connection [Malebranche]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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There are apparently no scientific laws concerning biological species [Koslicki]