Rethinking natural kinds, reference and truth
Towards more correspondence with reality, not less
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10812840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Boyd, R N Boyd (0000-0002-3650-5743, Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 198 |
| Issue | S12 |
| Pages | 2863-2903 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Synthese (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-7857 • E-ISSN: 1573-0964 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11229-019-02138-4 |
| OpenAlex | W2918149771 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 73 |
Cognitive science · Epistemology · Linguistics · Metaphysics · Natural (archaeology) · Natural kind · Natural language · Naturalism · Phenomenon · Philosophy of language · Philosophy of science · Relation (database) · Semantics (computer science) · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Origins and Evolution of Life · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology
Extrapolating Other Consciousnesses
Less work for theories of natural kinds
(Re)defining Esotericism
The Many Faces of Realism about Natural Kinds
“Inference to the best explanation” as a methodology of social ontology
Religion at the Crossroads
The Importance of Realism about Gender Kinds
Interpreting continuism as a mechanistic thesis
Same-tracking real kinds in the social sciences
Two approaches to natural kinds
Scurvy and the Ontology of Natural Kinds
Cognitive Capacities as Functional Natural Kinds
Species
The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought
A Metaphysics for Scientific Realism
Is Water H2O?
Knowledge and its Place in Nature
Theory Change and The Indterminacy of Reference
Kinds, Complexity and Multiple realization
Mechanisms and natural kinds
Naming and Necessity
When Traditional Essentialism Fails
The meaning of ‘meaning’
A tradition of natural kinds
The structure of scientific revolutions
Realism and Reason
Mind, Language and Reality
Performing the Categories
The Semantics and Metaphysics of Natural Kinds
Realism, anti-foundationalism and the enthusiasm for natural kinds
Why there isn't a ready-made world
Taxonomy, Polymorphism, and History
Semantic Externalism and Knowing Our Own Minds
Philosophical Methodology
Explanation and Reference
Questions asked and unasked
Darwin’s solution to the species problem
A philosophical study of the transition from the caloric theory of heat to thermodynamics
Species Pluralism and Anti-Realism
Chemical “Substances” That Are Not “Chemical Substances”
Species
Letting Go of “Natural Kind”
Preservative Realism and Its Discontents
Realist Foundations of Measurement
Homeostasis, Higher Taxa, and Monophyly
A Confutation of Convergent Realism
Natural Kinds and Biological Taxa
Scientific Explanation, Space, and Time
Physicalism
How Biology Shapes Philosophy
Morphology between Type Concept and Descent Theory
Promiscuous Realism
Natural Kindness
Meaning and the Moral Sciences (Routledge Revivals)
Evolution's Eye
Nk≠hpc
Ontological Relativity and Other Essays
The Advancement of Science
The Romantic Conception of Life
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |