Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'The Putney Debates' and 'Natural Kinds and Biological Realism'

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5 ideas

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 6. Artificial Thought / c. Turing Test

3178	A fast machine could pass all behavioural tests with a vast lookup table [Block, by Rey]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / c. Social contract

23215

Even the poorest have a life to lead, and so should consent to who governs them [-]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds

17371

Some kinds are very explanatory, but others less so, and some not at all [Devitt]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species

17372

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

17373

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