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@article{citeulike:6100427, abstract = {The aim of this paper is to show that biological kinds can be causally homogeneous, although all biological causes are identical with configurations of physical causes. The paper considers two different strategies to establish that result: the first one relies on two different manners of classification (according to function and according to composition); the other one exploits the idea of biological classifications being rather coarse-grained, whereas physical classifications are fine-grained.}, author = {Esfeld, Michael}, citeulike-article-id = {6100427}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16898210}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16898210}, issn = {0391-9714}, journal = {History and philosophy of the life sciences}, keywords = {biology, causality, philosophy, philsci}, number = {3-4}, pages = {421--433}, posted-at = {2009-11-12 02:49:02}, priority = {0}, title = {The causal homogeneity of biological kinds.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16898210}, volume = {27}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6100427 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6100427 N2 - The aim of this paper is to show that biological kinds can be causally homogeneous, although all biological causes are identical with configurations of physical causes. The paper considers two different strategies to establish that result: the first one relies on two different manners of classification (according to function and according to composition); the other one exploits the idea of biological classifications being rather coarse-grained, whereas physical classifications are fine-grained. IS - 3-4 JF - History and philosophy of the life sciences SN - 0391-9714 EP - 433 TI - The causal homogeneity of biological kinds. VL - 27 SP - 421 KW - biology KW - causality KW - philosophy KW - philsci AU - Esfeld, Michael PY - 2005/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16898210 ER -