Christopher J. Austin

Essence in the Age of Evolution

A New Theory of Natural Kinds

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This book offers a novel defence of a highly contested philosophical position: biological natural kind essentialism. This theory is routinely and explicitly rejected for its purported inability to be explicated in the context of contemporary biological science, and its supposed incompatibility with the process and progress of evolution by natural selection. Christopher J. Austin challenges these objections, and in conjunction with contemporary scientific advancements within the field of evolutionary-developmental biology, the book utilises a contemporary neo-Aristotelian metaphysics of dispositional properties, or causal powers, to provide a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-351-24084-0
EAN: 9781351240840
Produktnummer: 29181637
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 152 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 3'784 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 7 schwarz-weiße Fotos

Über den Autor

Christopher J. Austin is Head of Philosophy at Sutton Grammar School, London, and specialises in the metaphysics of science, with a particular focus on biology. Recent publications include 'Dispositions in Evolutionary Developmental Biology' in Evolutionary Developmental Biology: A Reference Guide, and 'A Biologically Informed Hylomorphism' in Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Contemporary Science.