Essences, kinds, and laws of nature

Metascience 11 (3):324-328 (2002)
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Review of Brian Ellis's Scientific Essentialism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

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10.1007/bf02917728

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Scientific Essentialism.Brian Ellis - 2001 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
Scientific Essentialism.H. Beebee - 2004 - Mind 113 (450):334-340.

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