The semantics and metaphysics of natural kinds [electronic resource] /
edited by Helen Beebee and Nigel Sabbarton-Leary.
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- 1 online resource (vi, 241 p.)
- Routledge studies in metaphysics ; 1 .
- Routledge studies in metaphysics ; 1. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Martâi and Josâe Martâinez-Fernâandez -- Are natural kind terms special? / êAsa 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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203852330 (ebk : PDF)
Categories (Philosophy)
Metaphysics.
Electronic books.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Martâi and Josâe Martâinez-Fernâandez -- Are natural kind terms special? / êAsa 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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203852330 (ebk : PDF)
Categories (Philosophy)
Metaphysics.
Electronic books.
110