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All the ideas for 'Categories, Classification, Cogn. Anthropology', 'A Realist Theory of Science' and 'The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation

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Several words may label a category; one word can name several categories; some categories lack words [Ellen]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

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Kind essences are the categorical bases of a thing's causal powers [Bhaskar, by Chakravartty]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

8824	No one has defended translational phenomenalism since Ayer in 1940 [Ayer, by Kim]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

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The attribution of necessity to causation is either primitive animism, or confusion with logical necessity [Ayer]