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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'Against Barbaric physics' and 'The Development of Logic'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / f. Axiom of Infinity V

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The axiom of infinity is not a truth of logic, and its adoption is an abandonment of logicism [Kneale,W and M]

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 / c. Forces

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Some people return to scholastic mysterious qualities, disguising them as 'forces' [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]