Natural kinds / / Muhammad Ali Khalidi.
Scientists cannot devise theories, construct models, propose explanations, make predictions, or even carry out observations, without first classifying their subject matter. The goal of scientific taxonomy is to come up with classification schemes that conform to nature's own. Another way of put...
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Superior document: | Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of science, |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2023. |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Edition: | First edition. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of science,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (72 pages) :; illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s). |
Notes: | Also issued in print: 2023. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The metaphysics of kinds; 2. Theories of natural kinds; 3. Kinds of kinds; 4. Applications: kinds across the sciences; References.