Browsing Sociology by Author "O'Rourke, Michael"

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    • Carving Nature at Its Joints: Natural Kinds in Metaphysics and Science 

      Campbell, Joseph Keim; O'Rourke, Michael; Slater, Matthew H. (MIT Press, 2011)
      Contemporary discussions of the success of science often invoke an ancient metaphor from Plato's Phaedrus: successful theories should "carve nature at its joints." But is nature really "jointed"? Are there natural kinds ...

    • Time and Identity (Topics in Contemporary Philosophy) 

      Campbell, Joseph Keim; O'Rourke, Michael; Silverstein, Harry S. (The MIT Press, 2010)
      The concepts of time and identity seem at once unproblematic and frustratingly difficult. Time is an intricate part of our experience—it would seem that the passage of time is a prerequisite for having any experience at ...