Natural Kind Terms: A Neo-Lockean Theory.
The article focuses on Lockean theory of substance terms. According to this theory, a substance term denotes all and only those items that fit the nominal essence associated with the term. But "the" nominal essence in question is an expert nominal essence: that associated with the term by those in t...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Philosophy Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 70 - 89 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
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