02162nam 2200577 450 991079854580332120170919221905.01-4985-3142-3(CKB)3710000000769958(EBL)4617639(PQKBManifestationID)16493794(PQKBWorkID)15026488(PQKB)21347476(MiAaPQ)EBC4617639(EXLCZ)99371000000076995820160826h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNatural kinds and Genesis the classification of material entities /Stewart UmphreyLanham, [Maryland] :Lexington,2016.©20161 online resource (177 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-3141-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title Page; Acknowledgments; Questions; Back to Nature; Universals and Particulars; Continuants; Natural Kinds; Physical Kinds; Biological Kinds; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorMaking 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.Entity (Philosophy)Categories (Philosophy)ClassificationNaturalismMonismClassification of sciencesEntity (Philosophy)Categories (Philosophy)Classification.Naturalism.Monism.Classification of sciences.111Umphrey Stewart1942-1557488MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798545803321Natural kinds and Genesis3821046UNINA