What are species? Are they objective features of the world? If so, what sort of features are they? Slater presents a novel approach to these questions, aiming to accommodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species.
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Series Editor’s Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Natural Kinds 3. Essentialism 4. Individualism 5. Metaphysics of Species for the Commitment-Wary 6. The Natural Kindness Approach 7. Pluralism & Realism Revisited References IndexSobre o autor
Matthew Slater is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University, USA, having received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has co-edited such volumes asCarving Nature at its Joints,
The Environment, and
Reference and Referring and writes on issues in the philosophy of science and metaphysics.
Língua Inglês ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 214 ● ISBN 9780230393233 ● Tamanho do arquivo 2.6 MB ● Editora Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Cidade London ● País GB ● Publicado 2016 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 4895453 ● Proteção contra cópia DRM social
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