Natural Kinds and Conceptual Change

Natural Kinds and Conceptual Change
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 233
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ISBN-10 : 9781107320406
ISBN-13 : 1107320402
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Book Synopsis Natural Kinds and Conceptual Change by : Joseph LaPorte

Download or read book Natural Kinds and Conceptual Change written by Joseph LaPorte and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the received tradition, the language used to to refer to natural kinds in scientific discourse remains stable even as theories about these kinds are refined. In this illuminating book, Joseph LaPorte argues that scientists do not discover that sentences about natural kinds, like 'Whales are mammals, not fish', are true rather than false. Instead, scientists find that these sentences were vague in the language of earlier speakers and they refine the meanings of the relevant natural-kind terms to make the sentences true. Hence, scientists change the meaning of these terms, This conclusions prompts LaPorte to examine the consequences of this change in meaning for the issue of incommensurability and for the progress of science. This book will appeal to students and professional in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of language.


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