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Biological classification : a philosophical introduction /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Richards, Richard A. (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Series:Cambridge introductions to philosophy and biology.
Subjects:
Biology > Classification > Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 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.