title: Biological Kinds and the Causal Theory of Reference
creator: Brigandt, Ingo
subject: Philosophy of Language
subject: Philosophy of Science
description: This paper uses an example from biology, the homology concept, to argue that current versions of the causal theory of reference give an incomplete account of reference determination. It is suggested that in addition to samples and stereotypical properties, the scientific use of concepts and the epistemic interests pursued with concepts are important factors in determining the reference of natural kind terms.
publisher: Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
contributor: Marek, Johann Christian
contributor: Reicher, Maria Elisabeth
date: 2004
type: Conference Paper
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://cogprints.org/3935/1/ALWS_04_Brigandt.pdf
identifier:   Brigandt, Ingo  (2004) Biological Kinds and the Causal Theory of Reference.  [Conference Paper]     
relation: http://cogprints.org/3935/