Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Knowledge and the State of Nature' and 'A Realist Theory of Science'

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4 ideas

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 / A. Knowledge / 3. Value of Knowledge

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We have the concept of 'knowledge' as a label for good informants [Craig, by Fricker,M]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]