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'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'The Metaphysics of Scientific Realism' and 'Virtue Epistemology'
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces
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I deny forces as entities that intervene in causation, but are not themselves causal [Ellis]
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / a. Energy
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Energy is the key multi-valued property, vital to scientific realism [Ellis]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / a. Absolute time
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Simultaneity can be temporal equidistance from the Big Bang [Ellis]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / e. Present moment
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The present is the collapse of the light wavefront from the Big Bang [Ellis]
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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species
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The higher categories are not natural kinds, so the Linnaean hierarchy should be given up [Devitt]
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Species pluralism says there are several good accounts of what a species is [Devitt]
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