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'Every Thing Must Go', 'Are Freedom and Equality Compatible?' and 'The Disorder of Things'
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds
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Phylogenetics involves history, and cladism rests species on splits in lineage [Dupré]
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Kinds don't do anything (including evolve) because they are abstract [Dupré]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 3. Knowing Kinds
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Explanation by kinds and by clusters of properties just express the stability of reality [Ladyman/Ross]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
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There is nothing more to a natural kind than a real pattern in nature [Ladyman/Ross]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 7. Critique of Kinds
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Natural kinds are decided entirely by the intentions of our classification [Dupré]
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Borders between species are much less clear in vegetables than among animals [Dupré]
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Even atoms of an element differ, in the energy levels of their electrons [Dupré]
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Ecologists favour classifying by niche, even though that can clash with genealogy [Dupré]
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Wales may count as fish [Dupré]
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Cooks, unlike scientists, distinguish garlic from onions [Dupré]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 7. Eliminating causation
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Causation is found in the special sciences, but may have no role in fundamental physics [Ladyman/Ross]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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Science may have uninstantiated laws, inferred from approaching some unrealised limit [Ladyman/Ross]
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