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What is rank?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1998

Adam Morton
Adam Morton
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TB, United Kingdomadam.morton@bristol.ac.uk mail.bristol.ac.uk/~plam
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Abstract

The concept of rank is not a very clear one. Claims that two concepts occupy the same rank in different domains are in danger of being unintelligible. Examples show how hard it is to understand Atran's claim that the most significant concepts in folk biology occur at a higher level than nonbiological concepts. A reformulation preserves some of what Atran wants to claim.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , August 1998 , pp. 585
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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