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All the ideas for 'The Artworld', 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism' and 'Fragments on My Philosophical Development'

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5 ideas

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 6. Art as Institution

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A thing is only seen as art in an 'artworld', which has a theory and a history [Danto]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / i. Absolute virtues

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Egoism is the only evil, love the only good; genuine love produces all the other virtues [Feuerbach]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds

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Some kinds are very explanatory, but others less so, and some not at all [Devitt]

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]