Why Hobbits cannot exist

Kotzee, Ben and Smit, J.P. (2009) Why Hobbits cannot exist. Think 8 (21), pp. 29-36. ISSN 1477-1756.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1477175608000353

Abstract

Kotzee and Smit explain why, if unicorns don't exist, then they could not possibly have existed. In fact, even if horned horses were discovered somewhere, they would not necessarily be unicorns. The key to understanding why this is so lies in understanding how so-called natural kind terms function.

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Item Type:	Article
School:	Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Administrator
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2012 14:29
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2023 16:57
URI:	https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/4576

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