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Full Idea
It is incorrect to hold that the job of the real essentialist just is the job of the scientist.
Gist of Idea
The real essentialist is not merely a scientist
Source
David S. Oderberg (Real Essentialism [2007], 1.3)
Book Ref
Oderberg,David S.: 'Real Essentialism' [Routledge 2009], p.13
A Reaction
Presumably scientific essentialism, while being firmly a branch of metaphysics, is meant to clarify the activities of science, and thereby be of some practical use. You can't beat knowing what it is you are trying to do.