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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798545803321

Autore

Umphrey Stewart <1942->

Titolo

Natural kinds and Genesis : the classification of material entities / / Stewart Umphrey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Lexington, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-3142-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

111

Soggetti

Entity (Philosophy)

Categories (Philosophy)

Classification

Naturalism

Monism

Classification of sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Acknowledgments; Questions; Back to Nature; Universals and Particulars; Continuants; Natural Kinds; Physical Kinds; Biological Kinds; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Making use of our prescientific understanding of things, as well as relevant scientific theories, this book presents original arguments for monism with respect to the concept of a natural kind, for essentialism with respect to the members of a natural kind, and for natural-kinds realism with respect to a few chemical, physical, and biological kinds.