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    It is not the case that Natural kinds in ecology (predation, competition, succession) exhibit mind-independent causal structures that constrain which classifications are empirically tractable.

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    • 1.What counts as 'predation' or 'competition' depends on taxonomic boundaries we draw—parasitism, herbivory, and competition blur.
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    • 2.Ecological patterns like succession vary radically by context; universal causal structures may be projection rather than discovery.
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    • 3.Our ability to predict ecological phenomena may reflect our models' pragmatic utility rather than correspondence to mind-independent kinds.
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    • 1.Predator-prey dynamics follow mathematical regularities (Lotka-Volterra) independent of human conceptualization or language.
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    • 2.Successful ecological predictions require carving nature at joints defined by causal mechanisms, not arbitrary human interests.
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    • 3.Different classification schemes for competition yield conflicting empirical results, suggesting some better track objective structure.
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