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But such 'essentialism' is deeply un-evolutionary.— Darwiniana
Dawkins protests against 'essentialism', but those protests are in vein, no matter that the issue is hopelessly confused.— Darwiniana
The human mind is prone to essentialism - the intuition that living things house some hidden substance that gives them their form and determines their powers.— Privacy Digest - News that can impact your privacy.
Feministe and Hoyden are principled enough to not use right-wing talking points (gender essentialism, women trying to have it all despite large family and disabled son, teen pregnancy = shameful), just because the woman concerned is on the other side of politics.— Larvatus Prodeo
Sometimes called "organic essentialism," it's the kind of work that Welsh designer— Fast Company

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