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'The Fixation of Belief', 'Truth Rehabilitated' and 'Nature Without Essence'
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds
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What is true of one piece of copper is true of another (unlike brass) [Peirce]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism
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Defining an essence comes no where near giving a thing's nature [Almog]
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Essences promise to reveal reality, but actually drive us away from it [Almog]
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