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Carving Nature at Its Joints: Natural Kinds in Metaphysics and Science
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With Joseph Keim Campbell (other contributor), Matthew H. Slater (other contributor), Michael O'Rourke (other contributor) | from Bradford Books (October 28, 2011)
9780262516266 | details & prices | 355 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $30.00
About: Contemporary discussions of the success of science often invoke an ancient metaphor from Plato's Phaedrus: successful theories should "carve nature at its joints.