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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'Letters to Thomasius' and 'Philosophical Implications of Mathematical logic'

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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

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Logic is highly general truths abstracted from reality [Russell, by Glock]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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The essence of a circle is the equality of its radii [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

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It is good to generalise truths as much as possible [Russell]

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 / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

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Bodies are recreated in motion, and don't exist in intervening instants [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]