Are Stellar Kinds Natural Kinds? A Challenging Newcomer in the Monism/ Pluralism and Realism/Antirealism Debates.

Stars are remarkably absent from reflections on natural kinds and classifications, with gold, tiger, jade, and water getting all the philosophical attention. It is a pity, for interesting philosophical lessons can be drawn from stellar taxonomy as regards two central debates about natural kinds, to...

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Published in:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 77; no. 5; pp. 1109 - 1121
Main Author:	Ruphy, Stéphanie
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Dec2010
Subjects:	Stars Monism Pluralism Realism Philosophy of science
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