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All the ideas for 'Science and Method', 'Meditatio de principio individui' and 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

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One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré]

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]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

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Causes can be inferred from perfect knowledge of their effects [Leibniz]

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]