Transformed Cladistics, Taxonomy and Evolution

Klappentext This book examines the relationship between classification and evolutionary theory! with reference to the competing schools of taxonomic thinking. Zusammenfassung This book examines the relationship between classification and evolutionary theory! with reference to the competing schools of taxonomic thinking. Emphasis is placed on one of these schools! the transformed cladists! who have attempted to reject all evolutionary thinking in classification and to cast doubt on evolution in general. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Part I. Issues Pertaining to the Philosophy of Science: 1. Theoretical and descriptive attitudes in taxonomy; Part II. The Status of Theoretical Classifications: 2. Evolutionary systematics and theoretical information; 3. Phylogenetic cladistics and theoretical information; Part III. The Status of Descriptive Classifications: 4. Phenetics and the descriptive attitude; 5. Transformed cladistics and the methodological turn; 6. Transformed cladistics and evolution; Notes; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index.

Product details

• Authors: N. R. Scott-Ram, N.r. Scott-Ram, Scott-Ram N. R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521055130
• ISBN: 978-0-521-05513-0
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Taxonomy, Taxonomy & systematics, Taxonomy and systematics