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Michael Devitt
Researcher at City University of New York
Publications - 125
Citations - 4522
Michael Devitt is an academic researcher from City University of New York. The author has contributed to research in topics: Metaphysics & Meaning (existential). The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 121 publications receiving 4305 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael Devitt include City College of New York & The Graduate Center, CUNY.
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Realism and truth
TL;DR: In this article, Van Fraasen against scientific realism, Feyerabend and radical philosophers of science Davidsonians agianst reference Rorty's mirrorless world the renegade Putnam constructivism and independence Dummett's anti-realism.
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Resurrecting Biological Essentialism
TL;DR: This article argued that biological generalizations about the morphology, physiology, and behavior of species require structural explanations that must advert to these essential properties, and argued that this essentialism can accommodate features of Darwinism associated with variation and change.