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All the ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Resurrecting Biological Essentialism' and 'Repetition'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics
21959 Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 8. Subjective Truth
22094 Subjective truth can only be sustained by repetition [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species
17368 Essentialism concerns the nature of a group, not its category [Devitt]
17370 Things that gradually change, like species, can still have essences [Devitt]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism
21958 Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 8. Eternal Recurrence
22093 Life is a repetition when what has been now becomes [Kierkegaard]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species
17369 We name species as small to share properties, but large enough to yield generalisations [Devitt]
17367 Species are phenetic, biological, niche, or phylogenetic-cladistic [Devitt, by PG]