Induction, samples, and kinds

Carving Nature at Its Joints: Natural Kinds in Metaphysics and Science

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 33-52

  Godfrey Smith, Peter ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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