Natural -kind term reference and the discovery of essence
According to a doctrine that has been popularized by Kripke and Putnam, a natural kind term like 'bird' rigidly designates the kind with the microstructure (DNA, in this case, perhaps) of sample birds. This microstructure is the essence of birdhood, so our learning what the relevant micros...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1998
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9841888 |