Eliminative Pluralism

Ereshefsky, M. (1992). Eliminative Pluralism. Philosophy of Science, 59(4), 671-690.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1992

DOI

10.1086/289701

Link

https://doi.org/10.1086/289701

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philosophy

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Primes

• Essentialism
  • Historical essentialism about species (Linnaeus, natural-kind species concepts); Ereshefsky's eliminative pluralism rejecting species essentialism

    This sourceArgues the species category should be eliminated in favor of a plurality of concepts (interbreeding, descent, ecology) with no shared essence — supports the eliminative-pluralism / species-anti-essentialism claim.

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