Why use generic language in science

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• “Experts think…” The production and comprehension of propositional attitude generics

  Open Access•Matthew Haigh, Hope A Birch et al.•Thinking & Reasoning•2025

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• Generics in science communication

  Open Access•Uwe Peters, Andrea Bertazzoli et al.•Public Understanding of Science•2026

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• Natural Categories and Human Kinds

  Open Access•Muhammad Ali Khalidi•Natural Categories and Human Kinds•2013

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• A Metaphysics for Scientific Realism

  Open Access•Anjan Chakravartty•Metaphysics for Scientific Realism•2007

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• Toward a psychology of Homo sapiens

  Open Access•Mostafa Salari Rad, Alison Jane Martingano et al.•Proceedings of the National…•2018

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• The Epistemology and Morality of Human Kinds

  Marion Godman•Epistemology and Morality of…•2020

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• Students Eat Less Meat After Studying Meat Ethics

  Open Access•Eric Schwitzgebel, Bradford Cokelet et al.•Review of Philosophy and Psychology•2023

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• A Problem for Generic Generalisations in Scientific Communication

  Open Access•Mike Bowker•Journal of Applied Philosophy•2023

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• Genericity generalized

  Open Access•Alnica Visser•Philosophical Studies•2023

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• Taxonomy, Polymorphism, and History

  Open Access•Marc Ereshefsky, Mohan Matthen•Philosophy of Science•2005

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• Generics and the Structure of the Mind

  Open Access•Sarah‐jane Leslie•Philosophical Perspectives•2007

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• Radical pluralism, classificatory norms and the legitimacy of species classifications

  Open Access•Stijn Conix•Studies in History and Philosophy…•2018

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• The causal structure of natural kinds

  Open Access•Olivier Lemeire•Studies in History and Philosophy…•2021

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• Genericity and Inductive Inference

  Open Access•Herbert I Schiller, Henry Ian Schiller•Philosophy of Science•2023

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• How to Fix Kind Membership

  Open Access•Thomas A C Reydon•Philosophy of Science•2009

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• Americans overestimate social class mobility

  Open Access•Michael W Kraus, Jacinth J X Tan•Journal of Experimental Social…•2015

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• The neglected 95% revisited

  Amber Gayle Thalmayer, Cecilia Toscanelli et al.•American Psychologist•2020

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• Natural Kindness

  Matthew H Slater•The British Journal for the…•2015

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• Scientific essentialism

  B D Ellis•Scientific essentialism•2001

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• Generics and the metaphysics of kinds

  Open Access•David Liebesman, Rachel Katharine Sterken•Philosophy Compass•2021

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