Carving Nature at Its Joints : Natural Kinds in Metaphysics and Science /

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"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
Otros Autores: Slater, Matthew H., 1977- (Editor ), O'Rourke, Michael, 1963- (Editor ), Campbell, Joseph Keim, 1958- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2011]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sciences - General.
Physical Sciences & Mathematics.
Natuurfilosofie.
Science > Philosophy.
Philosophy of nature.
Naturalism.
Metaphysics.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
SCIENCE > Cosmology.
metaphysics.
naturalism (philosophical movement)
Metaphysique.
Philosophie de la nature.
Naturalisme.
Metaphysics
Electronic books.
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