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Letting Go of “Natural Kind”: Toward a Multidimensional Framework of Nonarbitrary Classification

Ludwig, David

Philosophy of science, 2018-01, Vol.85 (1), p.31-52 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Letting Go of “Natural Kind”: Toward a Multidimensional Framework of Nonarbitrary Classification
Autor: Ludwig, David
Assuntos: Biology ; Case studies ; Classification ; Ethnobiology ; Kennis, Technologie and Innovatie ; Knowledge Technology and Innovation ; Philosophy of science
É parte de: Philosophy of science, 2018-01, Vol.85 (1), p.31-52
Descrição: This article uses the case study of ethnobiological classification to develop a positive and a negative thesis about the state of natural kind debates. On the one hand, I argue that current accounts of natural kinds can be integrated in a multidimensional framework that advances understanding of classificatory practices in ethnobiology. On the other hand, I argue that such a multidimensional framework does not leave any substantial work for the notion “natural kind” and that attempts to formulate a general account of naturalness have become an obstacle to understanding classificatory practices.
Editor: Cambridge: University of Chicago Press
Idioma: Inglês

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