The Nature of Classification: Relationships and Kinds in the Natural Sciences - Hardcover

Wilkins, John S.; Ebach, Malte C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230347924 ISBN 13: 9780230347922

Verlag: AIAA, 2013

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“Wilkins and Ebach present an ambitious but well-motivated discussion for a theory-free classification which, if successful, would circumvent the problematic ladenness of observation. As such, The Nature of Classification succeeds in extending discussion of philosophy of classification beyond that of biological systematics and in forging a neutral terminology with which to do so.” (Catherine Kendig, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Vol. 37, August, 2015)

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The Nature of Classification discusses an old and generally ignored issue in the philosophy of science: natural classification. It argues for classification to be a sometimes theory-free activity in science, and discusses the existence of scientific domains, theory-dependence of observation, the inferential relations of classification and theory, and the nature of the classificatory activity in general. It focuses on biological classification, but extends the discussion to physics, psychiatry, meteorology and other special sciences.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: AIAA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0230347924
• ISBN 13: 9780230347922
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208