(Paperback)

A rendering of the philosophical problems of complexity, in theory as well as in daily life. It describes the limits of analysis within mathematics, the natural sciences and analytic philosophy, explaining how Aristotle came upon, and sought to move beyond, the limits of ontological analysis.

(Hardback)

Making use of our prescientific understanding of things, as well as relevant scientific theories, this book presents original arguments for monism with respect to the concept of a natural kind, for essentialism with respect to the members of a natural kind, and for natural-kinds realism with respect to a few chemical, physical, and biological kinds.