Species
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-05574-2 (ISBN)
Key Selling Features:
Covers the philosophical and historical development of the concept of "species"
Documents that variation was recognized by pre-Darwinian scholars
Includes a section on the debates since the time of the New Synthesis
Better suited to non-philosophers
John Wilkins PhD is Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Research Fellow at the Ronin Institute, Monclair, NJ. He has taught at the University of Queensland, the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales, and the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Species: A History of the Idea (2009), and Defining Species (2009), co-author of The Nature of Classification (2013), and edited Intelligent Design and Religion as a Natural Phenomenon (2010). He has published on species, the evolution of religion, cognition, and the history and philosophy of science. He lives in Melbourne Australia.
Prologue: The Received View. The failure of the Received View. The historical development of “species.” The classical era: Science by division. The medieval bridge. Species and the birth of modern science. The Noah’s Ark part is new, based on my later research. The nineteenth century, a period of change. Darwin and the Darwinians. Non-Darwinian ideas after Darwin. The Synthesis and species. Modern debates. Philosophical treatments.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.04.2018 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Species and Systematics |
| Zusatzinfo | 8 Tables, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 703 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-05574-3 / 1138055743 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-05574-2 / 9781138055742 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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