Locke on Individuation and Kinds

Locke has been accused of endorsing a theory of kinds that is inconsistent with his theory of individuation. This purported inconsistency comes to the fore in Locke’s treatment of cases involving organisms and the masses of matter that constitute them, for example, the case of a mass constitu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Joseph Stenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Libraries, The University of Western Ontario 2018-02-01
Series:Locke Studies
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Online Access:https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/locke/article/view/873