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All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Quining Qualia' and 'Darwinian Metaphysics: Species and Essentialism'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / a. Nature of qualia

6624	Dennett denies the existence of qualia [Dennett, by Lowe]

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

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Virtually all modern views of speciation rest on relational rather than intrinsic features [Okasha]