Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'On Probability and Induction' and 'Resurrecting Biological Essentialism'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

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Contextual values are acceptable in research, but not in its final evaluation [Reichenbach, by Reiss/Sprenger]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

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]

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]