That Darwin, as the Ghiselin-Hull thesis argues, might have considered, or led us to consider, taxa as individuals, does not mean that he thought in a less essentialist or less Platonic way than his predecessors.
Que Darwin, conforme reza la tesis Ghiselin-Hull, haya considerado, o nos haya llevado a considerar, a los taxones como individuos, no obedece al hecho de que él haya pensado de un modo menos esencialista, o menos platónico, que sus predecesores.