#NaturalKinds
Maybe you've heard of the #BirdsArentReal movement, but here's an equally wild idea that is nevertheless true:

TREES DON'T EXIST (phylogenetically).

By which I mean "trees" aren't a distinctive group or 'clade', they're a shape that plants grow into, like how animals tend to evolve into crabs.
September 15, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Are stem cell types natural kinds? The answer is multifarious.

My paper “The Identity of Stem Cell Kinds” has just been published in BJPS: doi.org/10.1086/743816

Contact me for a free copy or 👉 www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#philsci #philbio #stemcells #naturalkinds
The Identity of Stem Cell Kinds | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: Vol 0, No ja
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September 10, 2026 at 9:05 AM