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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Other Authors: Bursten, Julia R. S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2020
Series:History and philosophy of technoscience
History and philosophy of technoscience no. 8
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary: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
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 05, 2019)
Physical Description:1 online resource (190 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9781351581301
1351581309
9781351581295
1351581295
9781315098838
1315098830

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