Perhaps essentialism is not so essential: at least not for natural kinds: Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O’Rourke, and Matthew H. Slater : Carving nature at its joints: Natural kinds in metaphysics and science. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011, x+355pp, $30.00 PB, $60.00 HB [Book Review]

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