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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'Basic Problems of Phenomenology' and 'Of Liberty and Necessity'

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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 2. Platonism in Logic

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The idea of an atemporal realm of validity is as implausible as medieval theology [Heidegger]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency

6215	'Contingent' means that the cause is unperceived, not that there is no cause [Hobbes]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self

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Dasein is always only that which it has chosen to be [Heidegger]

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]