Biological Essentialism and the Tidal Change of Natural Kinds

Science and Education

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-240

  Wilkins, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/s11191-012-9450-z     Document Type: Article

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