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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'Reply to Sixth Objections' and 'Identity and Reference'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

3644	Two things being joined together doesn't prove they are the same [Descartes]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 3. Illusion Scepticism

3621	Only judgement decides which of our senses are reliable [Descartes]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files

16362

An identity statement aims at getting the hearer to merge two mental files [Lockwood]

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

17373

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

17372

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

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality

3637	Ideas in God's mind only have value if he makes it so [Descartes]