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'Natural Kinds', 'Scientific Essentialism' and 'In Defense of a Dogma'
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds
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Quine probably regrets natural kinds now being treated as essences [Quine, by Dennett]
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If similarity has no degrees, kinds cannot be contained within one another [Quine]
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Comparative similarity allows the kind 'colored' to contain the kind 'red' [Quine]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 3. Knowing Kinds
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You can't base kinds just on resemblance, because chains of resemblance are a muddle [Quine]
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There might be uninstantiated natural kinds, such as transuranic elements which have never occurred [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
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Natural kinds are distinguished by resting on essences [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 7. Critique of Kinds
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If there are borderline cases between natural kinds, that makes them superficial [Ellis]
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