Mind-Dependent Kinds

Many philosophers take mind-independence to be criterial for realism about kinds. This is problematic when it comes to psychological and social kinds, which are unavoidably mind-dependent. But reflection on the case of artificial or synthetic kinds (e.g. synthetic chemicals, genetically modified or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Muhammad Ali Khalidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Vienna 2016-08-01
Series:Journal of Social Ontology
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Online Access:https://journalofsocialontology.org/index.php/jso/article/view/6834