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Scientific Enquiry and Natural KindsHow to Think about Natural Kinds

Scientific Enquiry and Natural Kinds: How to Think about Natural Kinds [In many scientific domains, the world constrains our taxonomy. We cannot approach phenomena using just any categories and expect to achieve predictive and practical success. Where our choice is strongly constrained, it is tempting to say that our categories correspond to structures in the world. I think it makes sense to use the label ‘natural kind’ to pick out such structures.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Scientific Enquiry and Natural KindsHow to Think about Natural Kinds

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
ISBN
978-1-349-35035-3
Pages
4 –46
DOI
10.1057/9781137271259_2
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Abstract

[In many scientific domains, the world constrains our taxonomy. We cannot approach phenomena using just any categories and expect to achieve predictive and practical success. Where our choice is strongly constrained, it is tempting to say that our categories correspond to structures in the world. I think it makes sense to use the label ‘natural kind’ to pick out such structures.]

Published: Oct 27, 2015

Keywords: Natural Kind; Induction Assumption; Natural Kind Term; Rigid Designator; Real Essence

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