The semantics and metaphysics of natural kinds / edited by Helen Beebee and Nigel Sabbarton-Leary.

Other author Beebee, Helen.
Other author Sabbarton-Leary, Nigel, 1981-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge,
Descriptionvi, 241 p. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesRoutledge studies in metaphysics ; 1
Contents Introduction / Helen Beebee and Nigel Sabbarton-Leary -- Rigidity, natural kind terms, and metasemantics / Corine Besson -- General terms as designators : a defence of the view / Genoveva Martí and José Martínez-Fernández -- Are natural kind terms special? / Åsa Wikforss -- The commonalities between proper names and natural kind terms : a Fregean perspective / Harold Noonan -- Theoretical identity statements, their truth, and their discovery / Joseph Laporte -- Discovering the essences of natural kinds / Alexander Bird -- The elements and conceptual change / Robin Hendry -- On the abuse of the necessary a posteriori / Helen Beebee and Nigel Sabbarton-Leary -- Crosscutting natural kinds and the hierarchy thesis / Emma Tobin -- From constitutional necessities to causal necessities / Jessica Wilson -- Realism, natural kinds, and philosophical methods / Richard Boyd.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2009044474
ISBN9780415873666

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