Slutsky, David (2010) Confusion and dependence in uses of history. Synthese. ISSN 1573-0964
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Many people argue that history makes a special difference to the subjects of biology and psychology, and that history does not make this special difference to other parts of the world. This paper will show that historical properties make no more or less of a difference to biology or psychology than to chemistry, physics, or other sciences. Although historical properties indeed make a certain kind of difference to biology and psychology, this paper will show that historical properties make the same kind of difference to geology, sociology, astronomy, and other sciences. Similarly, many people argue that nonhistorical properties make a special difference to the nonbiological and the nonpsychological world. This paper will show that nonhistorical properties make the same difference to all things in the world when it comes to their causal behavior and that historical properties make the same difference to all things in the world when it comes to their distributions. Although history is special, it is special
in the same way to all parts of the world.
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| Additional Information: | Synthese published this article in their "Online First" category on October 1, 2010. I believe the journal will assign the article to a specific volume and issue within the next 18 months or so. | ||||||
| Keywords: | natural kind, historical kinds, explanation, behavior, essential properties, historical properties, indispensability, generalizations, distributions, nonhistorical properties, causal activity, copied kinds, real kinds, prediction, supervenience | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Depositing User: | David Slutsky | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jan 2011 05:27 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2011 05:27 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 8454 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Synthese | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer (Springer Science+Business Media B.V.) | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.springerlink.com/content/83441985785461... | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology General Issues > Causation Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Date: | 1 October 2010 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1573-0964 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8454 |
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