Bartol, Jordan (2015) Biochemical Kinds. [Preprint]

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Chemical kinds (e.g. gold) are generally treated as having timelessly fixed identities. Biological kinds (e.g. goldfinches) are generally treated as evolved and/or evolving entities. So what kind of kind is a biochemical kind? This paper defends the thesis that biochemical molecules are clustered chemical kinds, some of which–namely, evolutionarily conserved units–are also biological kinds. On this thesis, a number of difficulties that have recently occupied philosophers concerned with proteins and kinds are shown to be resolved or dissolved.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Bartol, Jordan phjnb@leeds.ac.uk
Keywords:	Biochemical, Natural Kinds, Protein, Classification, Biochemistry
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Depositing User:	Mr Jordan Bartol
Date Deposited:	08 Apr 2014 14:50
Last Modified:	08 Apr 2014 14:50
Item ID:	10602
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism
Date:	2015
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10602

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