Biological Essentialism

by Michael Devitt

Biological Essentialism addresses three main issues. The first concerns the essences (natures, identities) of biological taxa, particularly species. Kripke and other metaphysicians hold that these essences are (at least partly) intrinsic, underlying, probably largely genetic properties. This view, based largely on intuitions, is dismissed by the consensus in the philosophy of biology as being incompatible with Darwinism and reflecting ignorance of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198840284
• ISBN13: 9780198840282
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 8.9"