Causal powers and isomeric chemical kinds

被引：3
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作者：
McFarland, Andrew [1 ]
机构：
[1] North Carolina State Univ, Dept Philosophy & Religious Studies, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
来源：
SYNTHESE | 2018年 / 195卷 / 04期
关键词：
Kinds; Ontology; Structural universals; Mereology; Causal powers; Chemical isomers; Chirality; MEREOLOGY;
D O I：
10.1007/s11229-016-1044-x
中图分类号：
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号：
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要：
Some philosophers have claimed that (natural) kinds can be construed as mereologically complex structural properties. This essay examines several strategies aimed at construing a certain class of natural kinds, namely isomeric chemical kinds, in accordance with this view. In particular, the essay examines views which posit structural proper parts in addition to micro-constitutive parts to individuate isomeric chemical kinds. It then goes on to argue that the phenomenon of chirality in stereochemistry gives the proponent of kinds-as-complex-properties evidence for positing the existence of causal-cum-dispositional individuating proper parts, in addition to structural parts, for chemical enantiomeric kinds.
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页码：1441 / 1457
页数：17
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