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Scientific enquiry and natural kinds = from planets to mallards /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Scientific enquiry and natural kinds/ P.D. Magnus.
Reminder of title:	from planets to mallards /
Author:	Magnus, P. D.
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2012.,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Ontology. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137271259
ISBN:	9781137271259 (electronic bk.)

Scientific enquiry and natural kinds = from planets to mallards /
Magnus, P. D.

Scientific enquiry and natural kindsfrom planets to mallards /[electronic resource] :P.D. Magnus. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - 1 online resource.

List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- How to Think About Natural Kinds -- A Modest Definition -- Natural Kinds Put to Work -- Practical and Impractical Ontology -- The Menace of Triviality -- Causal Processes and Property Clusters -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index --.

There are certainly some scientific categories which are merely conveniences introduced to organize complicated data, but others correspond to genuine features of the world. These 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. It untangles philosophical puzzles surrounding natural kinds. Natural kinds can be practical, and we can identify them without pretending to know the fundamental structure of reality. The account is then put to work to illuminate specific examples, such as the category planet and the fate of Pluto, species like the common mallard and the species category itself, cognition and distributed cognition, animal signals and the threats they signify, and even baked goods.

ISBN: 9781137271259 (electronic bk.)

Source: 549664Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

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LC Class. No.: Q175.32.O58 / M34 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 501

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