Richard A. Richards (University of Alabama)

Biological Classification

A Philosophical Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive philosophical introduction to modern biological classification which covers its cultural, psychological and linguistic basis, its history from Aristotle to modern evolutionary approaches, and recent and ongoing debates about theoretical basis and methods.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 177mm x 247mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9781107687844
• ISBN-10: 1107687845
• Artikelnr.: 45156186

Autorenporträt

Richard A. Richards is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama. His publications include The Species Problem (Cambridge, 2010) and many journal articles.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Why classify?
2. The Aristotelian framework
3. The Darwinian pivot
4. Evolutionary taxonomy and the Cladistic challenge
5. The tree of life
6. The species problem
7. The metaphysics of biological classification
8. Theory and the world
9. The essential tension.