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Biological Essentialism

Biological Essentialism is a metaphysical thesis in the philosophy of biology that holds that biological kinds—especially species—are characterized by intrinsic, typically microstructural (often genetic) essences that necessarily determine their identity, properties, and membership conditions.

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8.5K

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195

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118

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2017–2026

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Essentialism In Biology

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Evolution, Population Thinking, and Essentialism

Elliott Sober · Philosophy of Science · 1980 · 670 citations

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In Genes We Trust: The Biological Component of Psychological Essentialism and Its Relationship to Mechanisms of Motivated Social Cognition.

Johannes Keller · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2005 · 611 citations

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Resurrecting Biological Essentialism

Michael Devitt · Philosophy of Science · 2008 · 391 citations

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Darwinian Metaphysics: Species And The Question Of Essentialism

Samir Okasha · Synthese · 2002 · 337 citations

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Essentialism, Social Constructionism, and beyond

Andrew Sayer · The Sociological Review · 1997 · 277 citations

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Authors

195

  1. MD
    Michael Devitt

    City University of New York, United States

    5 publications · 592 citations

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  2. SA
    Susan A. Gelman

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 280 citations

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  3. RA
    Robert A. Wilson

    University of Alberta, Canada

    2 publications · 232 citations

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  4. ES
    Elliott Sober

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    2 publications · 716 citations

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  5. SO
    Scott O. Lilienfeld

    Emory University, United States

    2 publications · 167 citations

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Institutions

118

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    2.5K citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. City University of New York

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    468 citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    599 citations

  5. University of Calgary

    Calgary, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    150 citations

  6. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    208 citations

  7. The Graduate Center, CUNY

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    264 citations

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  1. Philosophy of Science

    11 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. Cognitive Science

    5 publications · 341 citations

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  3. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 3 publications · 82 citations

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  5. Biology & Philosophy

    3 publications · 262 citations

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