Resurrecting Biological Essentialism*

By Michael Devitt. Philosophia Scientiæ, 2008

299 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, History and Philosophy of Science

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. J. Dupré
2. Daniel J. Nicholson

In History and Philosophy of Science

1. Daniel J. Nicholson
2. J. Dupré

Citations in the corpus

• Everything Flows : Towards a Processual Philosophy of Biology (2018, background): “¹⁹ There are still some defenders of essentialism (e.g. Devitt 2008), as well as philosophers who defend essentialism generally, without much interest in the practical obstacles it faces in the life sciences (e.g. Ellis 2001).”
• A Manifesto for a Processual Philosophy of Biology (2018, background): “19 There are still some defenders of essentialism (e.g. Devitt 2008) as well as philosophers who defend essentialism generally, without much interest in the practical obstacles it faces in the life sciences (e.g. Ellis 2001).”