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Perspectives on Classification in Synthetic Sciences Julia Bursten (University of Kentucky, USA)

Perspectives on Classification in Synthetic Sciences By Julia Bursten (University of Kentucky, USA)

Perspectives on Classification in Synthetic Sciences by Julia Bursten (University of Kentucky, USA)

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This volume refocuses conversations about classification on un-natural, or synthetic, kinds via extensive study of two paradigm cases of unnatural kinds: in the first place, nanomaterials, and in the second, stem cells and synthetic biology.

Perspectives on Classification in Synthetic Sciences Summary

Perspectives on Classification in Synthetic Sciences: Unnatural Kinds by Julia Bursten (University of Kentucky, USA)

This volume launches a new series of contemporary conversations about scientific classification. Most philosophical conversations about kinds have focused centrally or solely on natural kinds, that is, kinds whose existence is not dependent on the scientific process of synthesis. This volume refocuses conversations about classification on unnatural, or synthetic, kinds via extensive study of three paradigm cases of unnatural kinds: nanomaterials, stem cells, and synthetic biology.

About Julia Bursten (University of Kentucky, USA)

Julia R. S. Bursten is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at The University of Kentucky, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors



  2. Introduction

Dialogue one: Historical lenses on classification in chemistry and biology



  2. Evan Hepler-Smith, Crafting names and making kinds: lessons from the 1892 Geneva Nomenclature Congress




  4. Aleta Quinn, Biological kinds at the turn of the 20th century: characters, genes, and species as theoretical elements

Dialogue two: A new synthesis of concerns about biological kinds



  2. Vadim Keyser, Artifacts and artefacts: A methodological classification of context-specific regularities




  4. Catherine Kendig and Bryan A. Bartley, Synthetic kinds: kind-making in biology

Dialogue three: Scientific, philosophical, and legal challenges in classifying biological constructs



  2. Ubaka Ogbogu, What is a new object? Case studies of classification problems and practices at the intersection of law and biotechnology




  4. Melinda Bonnie Fagan, Stem cells and nanomaterials as experimental kinds

Dialogue four: Synthetic kinds in chemistry and nanoscience



  2. Jill E. Millstone and Julia R. S. Bursten, Nanochemistry meets philosophy of science: a conversation about collaborative classification




  4. John Rumble, Jr., Categorization of nanomaterials: tools for being precise


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NLS9780367785895
9780367785895
0367785897
Perspectives on Classification in Synthetic Sciences: Unnatural Kinds by Julia Bursten (University of Kentucky, USA)
Julia Bursten (University of Kentucky, USA)
History and Philosophy of Technoscience
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2021-03-31
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