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Species/Dennett: Dennett discusses several authors:
I 48
Natural Kinds/Philosophy/Quine/Dennett: Quine distinguishes between good and bad scientific categories.
>Categories.
Art/Darwin/Dennett: Darwin doesn't mention species formation at all! But: "Descent with variation"!
Adaptation/Darwin/Dennett: Natural selection inevitably leads to adaptation.
Species/Darwin/Dennett: Splitting by different abilities and characteristics.
Genetics/Dennett: Genetics was not yet known at Darwin's time. Mendel researched 50 years later.
Species/Darwin/Dennett: is actually arbitrary! The term is applied to a number of individuals out of convenience! >Conventions.
I 56
Species/Dawkins: There is nothing that wants the formation of species! Before the separation there must be a phase of "temporary separation"!
I 56
Species/Dennett: question: Do individuals belong to different kinds if they cannot cross, or if they just don't do it?
>Evolution, >Selection, >Darwinism.

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