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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'Oldest System Prog. of German Idealism' and 'Aristotle on Substance'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

7083	Highest reason is aesthetic, and truth and good are subordinate to beauty [Hegel]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

16083

Aristotelian matter seriously threatens the intrinsic unity and substantiality of its object [Gill,ML]

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

17006

Prime matter has no place in Aristotle's theories, and passages claiming it are misread [Gill,ML]

16093

Prime matter is actually nothing and potentially everything (or potentially an element) [Gill,ML]

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

17371

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

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

17372

The higher categories are not natural kinds, so the Linnaean hierarchy should be given up [Devitt]

17373

Species pluralism says there are several good accounts of what a species is [Devitt]