NK≠HPC

P. D. Magnus

doi:10.1093/pq/pqu010

NK≠HPC

P. D. Magnus

Philosophy

University at Albany

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The Homeostatic Property Cluster (HPC) account of natural kinds has become popular since it was proposed by Richard Boyd in the late 1980s. Although it is often taken to define natural kinds as such, it is easy enough to see that something's being a natural kind is neither necessary nor sufficient for its being an HPC. This paper argues that it is better not to understand HPCs as defining what it is to be a natural kind but instead as providing the ontological realization of (some) natural kinds.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	471-477
Number of pages	7
Journal	Philosophical Quarterly
Volume	64
Issue number	256
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqu010
State	Published - Jul 2014

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