The nomic role account of carving reality at the joints

Synthese 115:171-198 (1998)
Abstract Natural properties are those that carve reality at the joints. The notion of carving reality at the joints, however, is somewhat obscure. It is sometimes understood in terms of making for similarity, sometimes in terms of conferring causal powers, and sometimes in terms of figuring in the laws of nature. I develop and assess an account of the third sort according to which carving reality at the joints is understood as having the right level of determinacy relative to nomic roles. The account has the attraction of involving only very weak metaphysical presuppositions, but it fails to capture several features that natural properties are presumed to have.
Keywords No keywords specified (fix it)
Categories
Options
 Save to my reading list
Follow the author(s)
My bibliography
Export citation 		Find it on Scholar
Edit this record
Mark as duplicate
Revision history Request removal from index
 
Download options
PhilPapers Archive
External links
  •   Try with proxy.
    		•
    Through your library Configure

    Similar books and articles
    Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke & Matthew H. Slater (eds.) (2011). Carving Nature at its Joints: Natural Kinds in Metaphysics and Science. Mit Press.
    Fabrice Correia (2008). Ontological Dependence. Philosophy Compass 3 (5):1013-1032.
    Joseph Keim Campbell, Matthew H. Slater & Michael O'Rourke (eds.) (forthcoming). Carving Nature at its Joints. Topics in Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 8. MIT Press.
    Bence Nanay (2011). Three Ways of Resisting Essentialism About Natural Kinds. In J. K. Campbell & M. H. Slater (eds.), Carving Nature at its Joints. Topics in Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 8. MIT Press.
    Laura Franklin-Hall, Plato's Joints – Job Talk (Version 1/18/08).
    Matthew H. Slater & Andrea Borghini (forthcoming). Introduction: Lessons From the Scientific Butchery. In Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke & Matthew H. Slater (eds.), Carving Nature at its Joints: Topics in Contemporary Philosophy, Vol. 8. MIT Press.
    Laura Franklin-Hall, Plato's Joints.
    Hanne Andersen (2001). Reference and Resemblance. Proceedings of the Philosophy of Science Association 2001 (3):S50-.
    Tuomas E. Tahko (2012). Boundaries in Reality. Ratio 25 (4):405-424.
    Peter Vallentyne (1998). The Nomic Role Account of Carving Reality at the Joints. Synthese 115 (2):171-198.

    Analytics

    Monthly downloads

    Added to index

    2009-01-28

    Total downloads

    19 ( #64,434 of 549,518 )

    Recent downloads (6 months)

    10 ( #6,924 of 549,518 )

    How can I increase my downloads?


    My notes
    Sign in to use this feature


    Discussion
    Start a new thread
    Order:
    		There  are no threads in this forum
    Nothing in this forum yet.

    Other forums




    Applied ethicsEpistemologyHistory of Western PhilosophyMeta-ethicsMetaphysicsNormative ethics
    Philosophy of biologyPhilosophy of languagePhilosophy of mindPhilosophy of religionScience Logic and MathematicsMore ...
    Home | New books and articles | Bibliographies | Philosophy journals | Discussions | The Categorization Project | About PhilPapers | API | Contact us

    Hosted by The Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London
    This site uses Google Analytics (see our terms & conditions for details regarding the privacy implications).

    Use of this site is subject to terms & conditions.
    All rights reserved by David Bourget and David Chalmers

    Page generated Sat May 25 02:10:54 2013 - Hash code: uhkeiZacNku1bwUcK8LZfA