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All the ideas for 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism', 'A Short History of German Philosophy' and 'Journals'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Early Romantics sought a plurality of systems, in a quest for freedom [Hösle]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history

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In the 18th century history came to be seen as progressive, rather than cyclical [Hösle]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

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Cold and hot are the swiftness and slowness of corpuscular motion [Beeckman]

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]