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.
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.
Julia R. S. Bursten is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at The University of Kentucky, USA.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Contributors 1. Introduction Dialogue one: Historical lenses on classification in chemistry and biology 1. Evan Hepler-Smith, "Crafting names and making kinds: lessons from the 1892 Geneva Nomenclature Congress" 2. 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 1. Vadim Keyser, "Artifacts and artefacts: A methodological classification of context-specific regularities" 2. Catherine Kendig and Bryan A. Bartley, "Synthetic kinds: kind-making in biology" Dialogue three: Scientific, philosophical, and legal challenges in classifying biological constructs 1. Ubaka Ogbogu, "What is a new object? Case studies of classification problems and practices at the intersection of law and biotechnology" 2. Melinda Bonnie Fagan, "Stem cells and nanomaterials as experimental kinds" Dialogue four: Synthetic kinds in chemistry and nanoscience 1. Jill E. Millstone and Julia R. S. Bursten, "Nanochemistry meets philosophy of science: a conversation about collaborative classification" 2. John Rumble, Jr., "Categorization of nanomaterials: tools for being precise" Index
List of Contributors 1. Introduction Dialogue one: Historical lenses on classification in chemistry and biology 1. Evan Hepler-Smith, "Crafting names and making kinds: lessons from the 1892 Geneva Nomenclature Congress" 2. 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 1. Vadim Keyser, "Artifacts and artefacts: A methodological classification of context-specific regularities" 2. Catherine Kendig and Bryan A. Bartley, "Synthetic kinds: kind-making in biology" Dialogue three: Scientific, philosophical, and legal challenges in classifying biological constructs 1. Ubaka Ogbogu, "What is a new object? Case studies of classification problems and practices at the intersection of law and biotechnology" 2. Melinda Bonnie Fagan, "Stem cells and nanomaterials as experimental kinds" Dialogue four: Synthetic kinds in chemistry and nanoscience 1. Jill E. Millstone and Julia R. S. Bursten, "Nanochemistry meets philosophy of science: a conversation about collaborative classification" 2. John Rumble, Jr., "Categorization of nanomaterials: tools for being precise" Index
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