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Folk metaphysics and the anthropology of science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1998

Michael T. Ghiselin
Michael T. Ghiselin
Affiliation:
Center for the History and Philosophy of Science, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118 mghiselin@casmail.calacademy.org
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Abstract

Atran's treatment of classification suggests a need to recognize the difference between ontological categories and less metaphysically fundamental distinctions. The shift that scientists have made from classes to individuals may not be as pervasive as he proposes, and the same may be said for the abandonment of essences. It is also possible that the sort of causality that is of concern to scientists plays a role in folk classification.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , August 1998 , pp. 573 - 574
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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