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

Van Pelt Library BD331 .S442 2010
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Beebee, Helen.
Sabbarton-Leary, Nigel, 1981-
Series:
Routledge studies in metaphysics ; 1.
Routledge studies in metaphysics ; 1
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Categories (Philosophy).
Semantics (Philosophy).
Metaphysics.
Physical Description:
vi, 241 pages ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Routledge, 2010.
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780415873666
0415873665
OCLC:
419794869

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