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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'Frege on Knowing the Third Realm' and 'General Draft'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis]

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]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

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Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis]

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]