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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Muhammad Ali Khalidi proposes a new approach to classifications in the natural and social sciences, avoiding essentialism and social constructionism. |
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Figures; Preface; Chapter 1 Metaphysical Realism and essentialism about kinds; 1.1 Kinds of things; 1.2 Kinds and universals; 1.3 Kinds and essences; 1.4 Definability; 1.5 Modal necessity; 1.6 Intrinsicality; 1.7 Microstructure; 1.8 Conclusion; Chapter 2 The naturalness of kinds; 2.1 Natural kinds and epistemic kinds; 2.2 Discoverability by science; 2.3 Scientific kinds and folk categories; 2.4 Fuzzy kinds; 2.5 Crosscutting kinds; 2.6 HPC kinds and causal kinds; 2.7 Conclusion; Chapter 3 Kinds in the special sciences; 3.1 Which sciences are special? |
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3.2 Multiple realizability and special-science kinds3.3 Causation and special-science kinds; 3.4 Natural laws and special-science kinds; 3.5 Real causal patterns; 3.6 Levels of explanation and crosscutting kinds; 3.7 Conclusion; Chapter 4 Kinds in the biological and social sciences; 4.1 Biological and social kinds; 4.2 Selected kinds and designed kinds; 4.3 Etiological kinds; 4.4 Historical kinds or copied kinds; 4.5 Mind-dependent and interactive kinds; 4.6 Institutional and conventional kinds; 4.7 Normative kinds or evaluative kinds; 4.8 Conclusion; Chapter 5 Kinds of natural kinds. |
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5.1 Introduction5.2 Lithium; 5.3 Polymer; 5.4 Virus; 5.5 Cancer and cancer cell; 5.6 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); 5.7 Conclusion; Chapter 6 Kinds naturalized; 6.1 Naturalism about kinds; 6.2 Properties and kinds; 6.3 Causality and kinds; 6.4 Realism and pluralism; 6.5 Mind-independence and social constructionism; 6.6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Categories (Philosophy)
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Categories (Philosophy) |
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Classification.
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Classification. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Khalidi, Muhammad Ali, Professor. Natural categories and human kinds. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107012745 (DLC) 2012044074 (OCoLC)829935839 |
| ISBN |
9780511998553 (electronic book) |
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0511998554 (electronic book) |
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9781461936473 (electronic book) |
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1461936470 (electronic book) |
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9781107247512 |
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1107247519 |
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9781107012745 |
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1107012740 |
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