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Milenko Lasnibat
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Philosopher writing on essence, modality, and natural kinds. PhD, University of Bristol. Currently teaching at Universidad Adolfo Ibañez
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Milenko Lasnibat @milenkolasnibat.bsky.social · Mar 12
I am thrilled to share my latest paper, "Explanatory Essentialism and Cryptic Species," on this platform. I show how concrete biological research challenges one of the strongest arguments for biological essentialism.
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Explanatory essentialism and cryptic species - European Journal for Philosophy of Science
Explanatory Essentialism (EE) is the view that a property is the essence of a kind because it causally explains the many properties that instances of the kind exhibit. This paper examines an applicati...
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