Natural kinds.¶
Quine, W. V. O. (1969). Natural kinds. Ontological Relativity and Other Essays.
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- This distinction matters because it shifts responsibility: classification systems are human-made tools serving particular purposes, not revelations of hidden order, a point Quine (1969) develops in his philosophical analysis of natural kinds.
This sourcePhilosophical analysis arguing that the kinds employed in mature classification are tools refined for inductive and practical use, not given revelations of pre-existing natural order.
- This distinction matters because it shifts responsibility: classification systems are human-made tools serving particular purposes, not revelations of hidden order, a point Quine (1969) develops in his philosophical analysis of natural kinds.
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