Some scientific categories seem to correspond to genuine features of the world and are indispensable for successful science in some domain; in short, they are natural kinds. This book gives a general account of what it is to be a natural kind and puts the account to work illuminating numerous specific examples.
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List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction How to Think About Natural Kinds A Modest Definition Natural Kinds Put to Work Practical and Impractical Ontology The Menace of Triviality Causal Processes and Property Clusters Conclusion Bibliography IndexSobre o autor
P.D. MAGNUS is Associate Professor and teaches philosophy at the University at Albany, SUNY, USA. He has been a visiting fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science in Pittsburgh, he is the co-editor (with Jacob Busch) ofNew Waves in Philosophy of Science, and he is the author or co-author of dozens of published essays.
Língua Inglês ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 210 ● ISBN 9781137271259 ● Tamanho do arquivo 1.3 MB ● Editora Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Cidade London ● País GB ● Publicado 2012 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 2599965 ● Proteção contra cópia DRM social