Esfeld, Michael (2005) The causal homogeneity of biological kinds. [Preprint]

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The aim of this paper is to show that biological kinds can be causally homogeneous, although all biological causes are identical with configurations of physical causes. The paper considers two different strategies to establish that result: the first one relies on two different manners of classification (according to function and according to composition); the other one exploits the idea of biological classifications being rather coarse-grained, whereas physical classifications are fine-grained.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Esfeld, Michael
Keywords:	biological kinds, causal homogeneity, functional properties, Kim
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology
Depositing User:	Michael Esfeld
Date Deposited:	12 Nov 2005
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:13
Item ID:	2522
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology
Date:	November 2005
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2522

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