Morphological Essentialism is the theoretical framework within biological essentialism that defines biological kinds by their fixed, intrinsic morphological traits, distinguishing it from other essentialist approaches by grounding taxonomic identity in stable structural form rather than genetic, developmental, or functional criteria.
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Resurrecting Biological Essentialism
Michael Devitt · Philosophy of Science · 2008 · 391 citations
Species Have (Partly) Intrinsic Essences
Michael Devitt · Philosophy of Science · 2010 · 85 citations
The Essential Morphological Basis for Human Culture
Alan L. Bryan · Current Anthropology · 1963 · 47 citations
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Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jena, Germany
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Bar-Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
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City University of New York
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University of Victoria
Victoria, Canada
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Schiller International University
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