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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'A General Principle to Explain Laws of Nature' and 'Cartesian Meditations'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

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Philosophy is sanctified, because it flows from God [Leibniz]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

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Husserl sees the ego as a monad, unifying presence, sense and intentional acts [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity

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Inequality can be brought infinitely close to equality [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / c. Knowing other minds

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Husserl's monads (egos) communicate, through acts of empathy. [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self

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The psychological ego is worldly, and the pure ego follows transcendental reduction [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]

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]