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Species - John S. Wilkins

Species

The Evolution of the Idea, Second Edition

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Buch | Softcover
389 Seiten
2021
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-367-65736-9 (ISBN)
CHF 72,90 inkl. MwSt
Over time the complex idea of "species" has evolved, yet its meaning is far from resolved. This comprehensive work is a fresh look at an idea central to the field of biology by tracing its history from antiquity to today. Species is a benchmark exploration and clarification of a concept fundamental to the past, present, and future of the natural sciences. In this edition, a section is added on the debate over species since the time of the New Synthesis, and brings the book up to date. A section on recent philosophical debates over species has also been added. This edition is better suited non-specialists in philosophy, so that it will be of greater use for scientists wishing to understand how the notion came to be that living organisms form species.



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
Reihe/Serie Species and Systematics
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 580 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
ISBN-10 0-367-65736-8 / 0367657368
ISBN-13 978-0-367-65736-9 / 9780367657369
Zustand Neuware
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