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'Parmenides', 'The Periodic Table' and 'The Philosophy of Nature: new essentialism'
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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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Natural kinds are what are differentiated by nature, and not just by us [Scerri]
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If elements are natural kinds, might the groups of the periodic table also be natural kinds? [Scerri]
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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds
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Essentialism says natural kinds are fundamental to nature, and determine the laws [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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