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Scientific Enquiry and Natural Kinds: From Planets to Mallards (New Directions in the Philosophy of Science)
P.D. Magnus
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Description for Scientific Enquiry and Natural Kinds: From Planets to Mallards (New Directions in the Philosophy of Science)
Hardcover. 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. Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Series
New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230369177
SKU
V9780230369177
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About P.D. Magnus
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.
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