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'Against Coherence', 'The Essential Child' and 'Questions on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics'
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
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Essentialism doesn't mean we know the essences [Gelman]
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Essentialism encourages us to think about the world scientifically [Gelman]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
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Essentialism starts from richly structured categories, leading to a search for underlying properties [Gelman]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism
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A major objection to real essences is the essentialising of social categories like race, caste and occupation [Gelman]
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