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JJ's Definition of Kind

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Dr Adequate
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05-02-2007 3:12 PM

Their problem is that the concept of "kind" is meant to solve the Noah's Ark problem --- so for this they need as broad as possible a set of morphological or genetic criteria.
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On the other hand, they need to deny that chimps and humans are the same kind, for which they'd need extremely narrow and stringent morphological and genetic criteria.
  
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