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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'Frege on Knowing the Third Realm' and 'Toward a Philosophy of History'

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6 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

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Given that thinking aims at truth, logic gives universal rules for how to do it [Burge]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human)

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For man, being is not what he is, but what he is going to be [Ortega y Gassett]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

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Instead of having a nature, man only has a history [Ortega y Gassett]

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

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