5 ideas
15143 | Kind essences are the categorical bases of a thing's causal powers [Bhaskar, by Chakravartty] |
12694 | Essence is the distinct thinkability of anything [Leibniz] |
17371 | Some kinds are very explanatory, but others less so, and some not at all [Devitt] |
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] |