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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'German Philosophy 1760-1860' and 'On the Necessity of Origin'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

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Wolff's version of Leibniz dominated mid-18th C German thought [Pinkard]

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Romantics explored beautiful subjectivity, and the re-enchantment of nature [Pinkard]

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The combination of Kant and the French Revolution was an excited focus for German philosophy [Pinkard]

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / d. Nineteenth century philosophy

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In Hegel's time naturalism was called 'Spinozism' [Pinkard]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 10. Beginning of an Object

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Suppose a world where I'm from different gametes; add my gametes; which one is more me? [McGinn]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential

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McGinn falsely claims necessity of origin is a special case of the necessity of identity [Forbes,G on McGinn]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism

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Idealism is the link between reason and freedom [Pinkard]

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]