1. Against Teleological Essentialism.
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Neufeld, Eleonore
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BEES ,CAUSAL models ,MODEL theory - Abstract
In two recent papers, Rose and Nichols present evidence in favor of the view that humans represent category essences in terms of a telos, such as honey‐making, and not in terms of scientific essences, such as bee DNA. Here, I challenge their interpretation of the evidence and show that it is directly predicted by the main theory they seek to undermine. I argue that their results can be explained as instances of diagnostic reasoning about scientific essences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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