Making 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.
- | Author: Stewart Umphrey
- | Publisher: Lexington Books
- | Publication Date: Aug 22, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 186 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1498531415
- | ISBN-13: 9781498531412