Natural Categories and Human Kinds - Classification in the Natural and Social Sciences

Informationen zum Autor Muhammad Ali Khalidi is Associate Professor of Philosophy at York University, Toronto. Klappentext Muhammad Ali Khalidi proposes a new approach to classifications in the natural and social sciences, avoiding essentialism and social constructionism. Zusammenfassung In this book! Muhammad Ali Khalidi draws on a detailed examination of classification in the natural and social sciences to argue against essentialism and for a naturalist account of natural kinds. His book is a significant contribution to the growing movement towards naturalism in recent philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Realism and essentialism about kinds; 2. The naturalness of kinds; 3. Kinds in the special sciences; 4. Kinds in the biological and social sciences; 5. Kinds of natural kinds; 6. Naturalising kinds.

Product details

• Authors: Muhammad Ali Khalidi, Muhammad Ali (York University Khalidi, Khalidi Muhammad Ali
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2015
• EAN: 9781107521728
• ISBN: 978-1-107-52172-8
• No. of pages: 268
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Reference, Scientific nomenclature and classification, Scientific nomenclature & classification