British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (2):axu046 (2014)
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Chemical kinds (e.g. gold) are generally treated as having timelessly fixed identities. Biological kinds (e.g. goldfinches) are generally treated as evolved and/or evolving entities. So what kind of kind is a biochemical kind? This paper defends the thesis that biochemical molecules are clustered chemical kinds, some of which–namely, evolutionarily conserved units–are also biological kinds.On this thesis, a number of difficulties that have recently occupied philosophers concerned with proteins and kinds are shown to be resolved or dissolved.
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| Keywords | Biochemistry Natural Kinds Monism Protein Microstructuralism Historical Kinds |
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| Reprint years | 2015, 2016 |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axu046 |
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Messy Chemical Kinds.Joyce C. Havstad - 2018 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 69 (3):719-743.
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