Discovery and Decision
Exploring the Metaphysics and Epistemology of Scientific Classification
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Word Count
32,750 words, Guess
Page Count
131 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8223304M
- ISBN-139780838638767
- ISBN-100838638767
- OCLC Control Number43845558
- OCLC Control Numberdiscoverydecisio00brya
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number00037169
- Goodreads1206613
- LibraryThing1404802
Classifications
- LCCBD241 .B785 2000
Description
"Discovery and Decision takes a fresh look at the philosophical question of scientific classification, by illustrating that the natural world can be divided into competing classes or kinds, all of which are scientifically significant; by showing that scientists make a choice between competing classifications when they carve up the natural world: scientific classification involves both metaphysics (the way the world is) and epistemology (human aims, theories, and commitments); and by introducing a new model of classification (based on recent developments in the psychology of categorization) to explain the differing ways in which scientists carve up the natural world."--Jacket.
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