Natural Kinds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8399212 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D H Mellor (University of Cambridge, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 299-312 |
| Publication date | 1977-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/28.4.299 |
| OpenAlex | W4243377086 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
| References cited | 7 |
Epistemology · Library science · Philosophy of science · Pluralism (philosophy) · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Anti-externalism
The Cambridge History of Philosophy, 1945–2015
Truth and Human Nature
Mathematics for Humans
Where There's a Will There's a Way
Direct Perceptual Realism II
Manifest Realism II
Direct Perceptual Realism I
Manifest Realism I
How Do We Know Necessary Truths?
The Structure of Objects
Are Emotions Natural Kinds?
Kant, Science, and Human Nature
Bootstrapping and Its Discontents in Consciousness Science
On Chemical Natural Kinds
Reports from Twin Earth
The regularity theory of mechanistic constitution and a methodology for constitutive inference
Essentialism, history, and biological taxa
The Causal Theory of Properties and the Causal Theory of Reference, or How to Name Properties and Why It Matters
On Husserl’s Twin Earth
The chemistry of substances and the philosophy of mass terms
Bibliography on Philosophy of Chemistry
Life without definitions
Complexity begets crosscutting, dooms hierarchy (another paper on natural kinds)
Kripke’s paradox and the Church–Turing thesis
Naming Natural Kinds
Chemistry as the Science of the Transformation of Substances
Kinds behaving badly
Natural kinds, causes and domains
Species Pluralism and Anti-Realism
Essential Membership
Letting Go of “Natural Kind”
A Re-examination of Aristotle's Philosophy of Science
The Vegetative State and the Science of Consciousness
Understanding Induction
Natural Kinds and Natural Kind Terms
Essential Properties and Individual Essences
| Unique citing works | 37 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 1980 - 2026 (47) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 37 |