Scientific Enquiry and Natural Kinds From Planets to Mallards /

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 specif...

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Main Author: Magnus, P. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Series:New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137271259
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