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Ideas for Hermarchus, Derek Parfit and Brian Ellis
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 1. Natural Kinds
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Natural kinds are of objects/substances, or events/processes, or intrinsic natures [Ellis]
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The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds
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There are natural kinds of processes [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 3. Knowing Kinds
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There might be uninstantiated natural kinds, such as transuranic elements which have never occurred [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
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Natural kinds are distinguished by resting on essences [Ellis]
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Essentialism says natural kinds are fundamental to nature, and determine the laws [Ellis]
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Natural kind structures go right down to the bottom level [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 6. Necessity of Kinds
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For essentialists two members of a natural kind must be identical [Ellis]
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The whole of our world is a natural kind, so all worlds like it necessarily have the same laws [Ellis]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 7. Critique of Kinds
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If there are borderline cases between natural kinds, that makes them superficial [Ellis]
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