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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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The MIT Press,
2011
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| Series: | Topics in contemporary philosophy.
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