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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'Martin Heidegger in conversation' and 'Resurrecting Biological Essentialism'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human)

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I say the manifestation of Being needs humans, and humans only exist as reflected in Being [Heidegger]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species

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Essentialism concerns the nature of a group, not its category [Devitt]

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Things that gradually change, like species, can still have essences [Devitt]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species

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We name species as small to share properties, but large enough to yield generalisations [Devitt]

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Species are phenetic, biological, niche, or phylogenetic-cladistic [Devitt, by PG]