Folk biology and external definitions

Journal/Book: Behav Brain Sci. 1998; 21: 40 West 20TH Street, New York, NY 10011-4211. Cambridge Univ Press. 574-574.

Abstract: Atran's thesis has strong implications for the doctrine of externalism in concepts (Fodor 1994). Beliefs about biological kinds may involve a degree of deference to scientific categories, but these categories are not truly scientific. They involve instead a folk view of science itself.

Note: Editorial Hampton JA, City Univ London, Dept Psychol, London EC1V 0HB, ENGLAND

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