FOLK METAPHYSICS AND THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF SCIENCE (CORRECTED VERSION OF 126BQ)

Authors
Citation
Mt. Ghiselin, FOLK METAPHYSICS AND THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF SCIENCE (CORRECTED VERSION OF 126BQ), Behavioral and brain sciences, 21(4), 1998, pp. 573
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
21
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1998)21:4<573:FMATAO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Atran's treatment of classification suggests a need to recognize the d ifference between ontological categories and less metaphysically funda mental distinctions. The shift that scientists have made from classes to individuals may not be as pervasive as he proposes, and the same ma y be said for the abandonment of essences. It is also possible that th e sort of causality that is of concern to scientists plays a role in f olk classification.