Stable Property Clusters and Their Grounds
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DOI: 10.1086/693988
Abstract: I argue against Matthew Slater’s rejection of what he calls the grounding claim in his stable property cluster (SPC) account of natural kinds. This claim states that the epistemic value of natural kinds depends on… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; natural kinds; property; clusters grounds ... See more keywords
Precision medicine and diseases as natural kinds: An epistemological dilemma.
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DOI: 10.1111/jep.13707
Abstract: BACKGROUND The most important advance of precision medicine (PM) has been a specific way to define and understand disease. However, PM may fail to be therapeutically effective if diseases are natural kinds. OBJECTIVE To attest… read more here.
Keywords: epistemology; natural kinds; precision medicine; diseases natural ... See more keywords
Are Emotions Natural Kinds After All? Rethinking the Issue of Response Coherence
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DOI: 10.1177/14747049211016009
Abstract: The synchronized co-activation of multiple responses—motivational, behavioral, and physiological—has been taken as a defining feature of emotion. Such response coherence has been observed inconsistently however, and this has led some to view emotion programs as… read more here.
Keywords: response coherence; coherence; natural kinds; emotions natural ... See more keywords