• Against Arguments From Diagnostic Reasoning 

      Toorman, Jeske (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Recent work in cognitive psychology and experimental semantics indicates that people do not categorize natural kinds solely by virtue of their purported scientific essence. Two attempts have been made to explain away the ...
    • Are Natural Kind Terms Ambiguous? 

      Haukioja, Jussi Tapio; Toorman, Jeske; Baggio, Giosuè; Jylkka, Jussi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Recent experimental studies have claimed to find evidence for the view that natural kind terms such as “water” are ambiguous: that they have two extensions, one determined by superficial properties, the other by underlying ...