Buch
Are Species Real?
-An Essay on the Metaphysics of Species-Matthew H. Slater
Übersicht
Verlag | : | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Buchreihe | : | New Directions in the Philosophy of Science |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Erschienen | : | 30. 10. 2013 |
Seiten | : | 214 |
Einband | : | Gebunden |
Höhe | : | 216 mm |
Breite | : | 140 mm |
Gewicht | : | 415 g |
ISBN | : | 9780230393240 |
Sprache | : | Englisch |
Autorinformation
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.
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