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Defining species : a sourcebook from antiquity to today / John S. Wilkins.

Wilkins, John S., 1955-
2009
QH83 .W526 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Defining species : a sourcebook from antiquity to today / John S. Wilkins.
Author
Wilkins, John S., 1955-
ISBN
9781433102165
1433102161
Published
New York : P. Lang, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
Description
xiv, 224 pages ; 24 cm.
Call Number
QH83 .W526 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
578.01/2
Summary
"Defining Species: A Sourcebook from Antiquity to Today provides excerpts and commentary on the definition of "species" from source material ranging from the Greeks, through the middle ages, to the modern era. It demonstrates that the logical meaning of species is in direct contrast to the use of kind terms and concepts in natural history and biology, and that the myth that biologists or natural historians were ever essentialists about kinds is mistaken."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
American university studies. Series V, Philosophy ; v. 203.
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Introduction
Section 1. The pre-modern definitions
Section 2. The early modern period
Section 3. Modern conceptions
Section 4. Reproductive isolation conceptions
Section 5. Evolutionary conceptions
Section 6. Phylogenetic conceptions
Section 7. Ecological conceptions
Section 8. Asexual conceptions
Section 9. Other conceptions
Section 10. Commentary and philosophy
Section 11. A list of 26 species definitions in the modern literature.

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