{"product_id":"carving-nature-at-its-joints-joseph-keim-campbell-9780262516266","title":"Carving Nature at Its Joints: Natural Kinds in Metaphysics and Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eReflections on the metaphysics and epistemology of classification from a distinguished group of philosophers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary discussions of the success of science often invoke an ancient metaphor from Plato's \u003ci\u003ePhaedrus: \u003c\/i\u003e successful theories should \"carve nature at its joints.\" But is nature really \"jointed\"? Are there natural kinds of things around which our theories cut? The essays in this volume offer reflections by a distinguished group of philosophers on a series of intertwined issues in the metaphysics and epistemology of classification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors consider such topics as the relevance of natural kinds in inductive inference; the role of natural kinds in natural laws; the nature of fundamental properties; the naturalness of boundaries; the metaphysics and epistemology of biological kinds; and the relevance of biological kinds to certain questions in ethics. \u003ci\u003eCarving Nature at Its Joints\u003c\/i\u003e offers both breadth and thematic unity, providing a sampling of state-of-the-art work in contemporary analytic philosophy that will be of interest to a wide audience of scholars and students concerned with classification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Keim Campbell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262516268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262516266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bradford Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.38w x 0.76d","brand":"Joseph Keim Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981523812607,"sku":"9780262516266","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f85e987-9b76-4d27-b48b-7d99ac05feef.jpg?v=1683256085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/carving-nature-at-its-joints-joseph-keim-campbell-9780262516266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}