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Carving nature at its joints : natural kinds in metaphysics and science /

"Contemporary discussions of the success of science often invoke an ancient metaphor from Plato's Phaedrus: successful theories should 'carve nature at its joints.' But is nature really 'jointed'? Are there natural kinds of things around which our theories cut? The essa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Campbell, Joseph Keim, 1958- (Editor ), O'Rourke, Michael, 1963- (Editor ), Slater, Matthew H., 1977- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2011]
Colección:Topics in contemporary philosophy.
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