Resemblance

2017/04/01 by Sam Cowling · 1 citation
Psychology · Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Philosophy and Theoretical Science #Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation #Philosophy and History of Science #Naturalness #Metaphysics #Epistemology #Family resemblance #Psychology #Sociology #Philosophy #Linguistics #Physics

paper · doi:10.1111/phc3.12401

openalex publication_date 2017/04/01 · openalex created_date 2022/05/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/03

Abstract

Abstract Our ordinary judgments and our metaphysical theories share a common commitment to facts about resemblance. The nature of resemblance is, however, a matter of no small controversy. This essay examines some of the pressing questions that arise regarding the status and structure of resemblance. Among those to be discussed in what follows: what kinds of resemblance relations are there? Can resemblance be analyzed in terms of the sharing of properties? Is resemblance an objective or subjective matter? What, if any, resemblance facts are fundamental? How does resemblance relate to naturalness?

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• Primitive Thisness and Primitive Identity
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• Similarity (psychology) [wikipedia]

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