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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Darwinian Metaphysics: Species and Essentialism' and 'Substance'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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A substance is, roughly, a basic being or subject at the foundation of reality [Robb]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

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If an object survives the loss of a part, complex objects can have autonomy over their parts [Robb]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]

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]