Such representations of autism also seem to be committed to neuro-centric essentialism about autism or subtypes of autism (Nadesan, Citation2005, pp. 19–20). This maps on to the scientific essentialist view of natural kinds, whereby essential properties are what is definitive of such kinds (see, e.g., Ellis, Citation2001). Full article: The reality of autism: On the metaphysics of … Continue reading Scientific Essentialism