Author : Julia R. S. Bursten
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351581295
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Book Synopsis Perspectives on Classification in Synthetic Sciences by : Julia R. S. Bursten
Download or read book Perspectives on Classification in Synthetic Sciences written by Julia R. S. Bursten and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume launches a new series of contemporary conversations about scientific classification. Most philosophical conversations about kinds have focused centrally or solely on natural kinds, that is, kinds whose existence is not dependent on the scientific process of synthesis. This volume refocuses conversations about classification on unnatural, or synthetic, kinds via extensive study of three paradigm cases of unnatural kinds: nanomaterials, stem cells, and synthetic biology.