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'The Fixation of Belief', 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 5: Abstraction' and 'The Disorder of Things'
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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Natural kinds don't need essentialism to be explanatory [Dupré]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species
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A species might have its essential genetic mechanism replaced by a new one [Dupré]
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It seems that species lack essential properties, so they can't be natural kinds [Dupré]
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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
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Real identity admits of no degrees [Reid]
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