Metaphysics of Natural Kinds: A Bibliography
(Courtesy of the AHRC Metaphysics of Science Project)
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Ereshefsky, M. (1988), 'Individuality and Macroevolutionary Theory', PSA: Proceedings of the
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Griffiths, P. (2004), 'Emotions as Natural and Normative Kinds', Philosophy of Science 71, 901911.
Hacking, I. (2007), 'Natural Kinds: Rosy Dawn, Scholastic Twilight', Royal Institute of
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Hacking, I. (2002), 'How "Natural" Are "Kinds" of Sexual Orientation?', Law and Philosophy
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Hacking, I. (1991), 'A Tradition of Natural Kinds', Philosophical Studies 61, 109--26.
Hardcastle, V. G. (1998), 'On the Matter of Minds and Mental Causation', Philosophy and
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