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Scientific Enquiry and Natural Kinds: From Planets to Mallards

Scientific Enquiry and Natural Kinds: From Planets to Mallards - Hardcover

by P. Magnus
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Availability:In StockContributor:P. MagnusSeries:New Directions in the Philosophy of SciencePublish date:10/15/12Pages:210
Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230369177ISBN-10:230369170UPC:9780230369177Book Category:Philosophy, ScienceBook Subcategory:Epistemology, Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:8.60 x 5.60 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC749P7JM3
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780230369177ISBN-10:230369170UPC:9780230369177Book Category:Philosophy, ScienceBook Subcategory:Epistemology, Philosophy & Social AspectsSize:8.60 x 5.60 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC749P7JM3
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) of New Waves in Philosophy of Science, and he is the author or co-author of dozens of published essays.
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

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2012 Edition

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