Concept
Natural kind
Overview
"natural" grouping, not an artificial one; family of entities possessing properties bound by natural law
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Philosophers who discussed Natural kind
- Twin Earth thought experiment
- David Chalmers
- Willard Van Orman Quine
- Tyler Burge
- Richard Boyd
- Hilary Putnam
- Sally Haslanger
- Morris Weitz
- Michael Williams (philosopher)
- Hilary Kornblith
Related ideas
- Philosophy
- Analytic philosophy
- John Dewey
- Twin Earth thought experiment
- Problem of induction
- Metaphysics
- Constant conjunction
- Aristotle
- Willard Van Orman Quine
- Philosophy of science
- Richard Boyd
- Chemistry
- Chemical element
- Philosophy of language
- Hilary Putnam
- Epistemology
- Electron
- Moral realism
- Homeostatic property cluster theory
- Hilary Kornblith
- Hasok Chang
Opposing perspectives
Place in the tradition
Part of American philosophy.