If kind membership is determined by origin and microstructure rather than descriptions, then D-satisfaction without C-membership is genuinely possible, directly refuting the descriptive view.
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(A theory about how we decide what counts as a particular kind of thing)
A philosophical theory that says something belongs to a category if it matches the description we use for that category, rather than based on what it actually is made of.
genuinely possible(contrasted with merely conceivable)
Actually able to happen or exist in reality, not just in imagination or theory.
kind membership(as used in metaphysics/philosophy of language)
Whether something belongs to a particular category or type (like whether something counts as 'gold' or 'water').