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'Natural Kinds', 'Nietzsche's Immoralism' and 'Against the Professors (six books)'
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
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The tektraktys (1+2+3+4=10) is the 'fount of ever-flowing nature' [Sext.Empiricus]
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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 / 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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