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The species problem : a philosophical analysis /
There is long-standing disagreement among systematists about how to divide biodiversity into species. Over twenty different species concepts are used to group organisms, according to criteria as diverse as morphological or molecular similarity, interbreeding and genealogical relationships. This, com...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The species problem
- The transformation of Aristotle
- Linnaeus and the naturalists
- Darwin and the proliferation of species concepts
- The division of conceptual labor solution
- Species and the metaphysics of evolution
- Meaning, reference and conceptual change.