Are Species Real? - An Essay on the Metaphysics of Species

What are species? Are they objective features of the world? If so, what sort of features are they? Slater presents a novel approach to these questions, aiming to accommodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species.

List of contents

Series Editor's Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Natural Kinds 3. Essentialism 4. Individualism 5. Metaphysics of Species for the Commitment-Wary 6. The Natural Kindness Approach 7. Pluralism & Realism Revisited References Index

About the author

Matthew Slater is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University, USA, having received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has co-edited such volumes as Carving Nature at its Joints, The Environment, and Reference and Referring and writes on issues in the philosophy of science and metaphysics.

Summary

What are species? Are they objective features of the world? If so, what sort of features are they? Slater presents a novel approach to these questions, aiming to accommodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species.

Product details

• Authors: M. Slater, Matthew H Slater, Matthew H. Slater
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2013
• EAN: 9780230393240
• ISBN: 978-0-230-39324-0
• No. of pages: 225
• Series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science; New Directions of the Philosop; New Directions in the Philosophy of Science; New Directions of the Philosop
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; B, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Humanities and Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary studies, Metaphysics, Philosophy and science, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection