Scientific enquiry and natural kinds: from planets to mallards

New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan (2012)
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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.

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Q175.32.O58.M34 2012

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9780230369177   0230369170

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