Natural Kinds - Couverture souple

Khalidi, Muhammad Ali

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1009005065 ISBN 13 : 9781009005067

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Scientists cannot devise theories, construct models, propose explanations, make predictions, or even carry out observations, without first classifying their subject matter. The goal of scientific taxonomy is to come up with classification schemes that conform to nature's own. Another way of putting this is that science aims to devise categories that correspond to 'natural kinds.' The interest in ascertaining the real kinds of things in nature is as old as philosophy itself, but it takes on a different guise when one adopts a naturalist stance in philosophy, that is when one looks closely at scientific practice and takes it as a guide for identifying natural kinds and investigating their general features. This Element surveys existing philosophical accounts of natural kinds, defends a naturalist alternative, and applies it to case studies in a diverse set of sciences. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1009005065
• ISBN 13: 9781009005067
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 82
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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