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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'Knowledge and the State of Nature' and 'Mathematics, Science and Language'

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6 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics

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Mathematics is a mental activity which does not use language [Brouwer, by Bostock]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

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Brouwer regards the application of mathematics to the world as somehow 'wicked' [Brouwer, by Bostock]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 3. Value of Knowledge

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We have the concept of 'knowledge' as a label for good informants [Craig, by Fricker,M]

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]