How Classification Works: Nelson Goodman Among the Social Sciences.

Abstract

Seven strictures on similarity, the new riddle on inductment, Nelson Goodman biological species - an inductivist's nightmare, David Hull agency and structure in negotiating knowledge, Gary L. Downey history as compliance - the development of western musical notation in the light of Goodman's requirements, Ruth Katz a question of style - Nelson Goodman and the wriiting of theory, Tim Engstrom social categories and claims in the liberal state, Paul Starr world-making by kind-making - child abuse for example, Ian Hacking rightness of categories, Mary Douglas.