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Are Species Real?

An Essay on the Metaphysics of Species

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Matthew H. Slater

    1. Bucknell University, USA

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Part of the book series: New Directions in the Philosophy of Science (NDPS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Matthew H. Slater
    Pages 1-20

  3. Natural Kinds

    • Matthew H. Slater
    Pages 21-38

  4. Essentialism

    • Matthew H. Slater
    Pages 39-66

  5. Individualism

    • Matthew H. Slater
    Pages 67-104

  6. Metaphysics of Species for the Commitment-wary

    • Matthew H. Slater
    Pages 105-131

  7. The Natural Kindness Approach

    • Matthew H. Slater
    Pages 132-154

  8. Pluralism and Realism Revisited

    • Matthew H. Slater
    Pages 155-179

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 181-214
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What are species? Are they objective features of the world? If so, what sort of features are they? Slater presents a novel approach to these questions, aiming to accommodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species.

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  • Bucknell University, USA

    Matthew H. Slater

About the author

Matthew Slater is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bucknell University, USA, having received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has co-edited such volumes as Carving Nature at its Joints, The Environment, and Reference and Referring and writes on issues in the philosophy of science and metaphysics.

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