Perspectives on classification in synthetic sciences: unnatural kinds

This volume launches a new series of contemporary conversations about scientific classification. Most philosophical conversations about kinds have focused centrally or solely on natural kinds, that is, kinds whose existence is not dependent on the scientific process of synthesis. This volume refocus...

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Weitere Verfasser: Bursten, Julia R. S. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:History and philosophy of technoscience
History and philosophy of technoscience no. 8
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Zusammenfassung:This volume launches a new series of contemporary conversations about scientific classification. Most philosophical conversations about kinds have focused centrally or solely on natural kinds, that is, kinds whose existence is not dependent on the scientific process of synthesis. This volume refocuses conversations about classification on unnatural, or synthetic, kinds via extensive study of three paradigm cases of unnatural kinds:nanomaterials, stem cells, and synthetic biology
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (190 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9781351581301
1351581309
9781351581295
1351581295
9781315098838
1315098830

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