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'Natural Kinds', 'Possible Worlds' and 'Causation'
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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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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation
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A cause has its effects in virtue of its properties [Crane]
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / a. Constant conjunction
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The regularity theory explains a causal event by other items than the two that are involved [Crane]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
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It is hard to see how regularities could be explained [Quine]
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