Are Species Real?

An Essay on the Metaphysics of Species
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-230-39324-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 3894 g

Reihe: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Slater, Matthew H

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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 , , and  and writes on issues in the philosophy of science and metaphysics.