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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'Notes on John Wilkins' and 'Epistemic Justification'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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Essence is the distinct thinkability of anything [Leibniz]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism

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'Access' internalism says responsibility needs access; weaker 'mentalism' needs mental justification [Kvanvig]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / a. Foundationalism

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Strong foundationalism needs strict inferences; weak version has induction, explanation, probability [Kvanvig]

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

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