Perspectives on Classification in Synthetic Sciences: Unnatural Kinds

ISBN-13: 9780367785895 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 190 str.

Julia Bursten

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Julia R. S. Bursten is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at The University of Kentucky, USA.