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Natural kinds, normative kinds and human behavior
(Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2019-12)
The main thesis of this paper is that a large part of human behavior cannot be understoodin terms of natural kinds but by appealing to normative kinds. In the first section we explainthe distinction between natural kinds ...
Rigidez de jure y de facto en los términos generales para clases naturales
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Fondo EditorialPE, 2018)
Moral naturalizada
(Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrasilFAF - DEPARTAMENTO DE FILOSOFIAPrograma de Pós-Graduação em FilosofiaUFMG, 2020-02-07)
The present work aims to present and discuss the moral phenomenon from a naturalistic perspective, that is, to offer an explanation of morality that does not resort to supernatural facts or properties or any other metaphysical ...
General terms and rigidity: another solution to the trivialization problem
(Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Centro de Lógica, Epistemologia e História da Ciência, 2014-06)
In this paper I am concerned with the problem of applying the notion of rigidity to general terms. In Naming and Necessity, Kripke has clearly suggested that we should include some general terms among the rigid ones, namely, ...
Conceptual Analysis of a Terminological Unit in the Light of Modern Cognitive Terminology
(Universidad del Zulia, 2020)
Dominating nature and colonialism: Francis Bacon’s view of Europe and the new world
(Routledge, 2018-11)
Francis Bacon’s works are pervaded by the firm belief that he was living in a new epoch. He thought of this epoch as based on knowledge and mechanical arts, which would permit dominion over nature. This dominion arises ...
A Defence of the Theoretical Relevance of the Term 'Concept’
(2016)
The notion of a concept has been widely viewed to be fundamental to understanding the mind. However, some have recently questioned the explanatory role of this notion, asserting that we should eliminate it from our considered ...