%A Ingo Brigandt
%T Biological Kinds and the Causal Theory of Reference
%X 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.
%K reference, causal theory of reference, natural kinds, concepts, homology
%P 58-60
%E Johann Christian Marek
%E Maria Elisabeth Reicher
%D 2004
%I Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
%L cogprints3935

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