Species Problem - A Philosophical Analysis

Informationen zum Autor Richard A. Richards is Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama. He has published in major journals on a variety of topics in the philosophy of science and biology, including phylogenetic inference, theory of choice, taxonomy, and species concepts. He has also written extensively on Darwin's views about artificial selection and domestic breeding, and contributed to The Cambridge Companion to the Origins of Species (Cambridge, 2009). Klappentext Richards surveys the history of thinking about species to understand the origin of the problem, and provides an innovative solution. Zusammenfassung This study surveys the history of thinking about species from Aristotle to modern biology to better understand the origin and significance of the species problem. It advocates a solution based on the idea of the division of conceptual labor! whereby species concepts function in different ways theoretically and operationally. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The species problem; 2. The transformation of Aristotle; 3. Linnaeus and the naturalists; 4. Darwin and the proliferation of species concepts; 5. The division of conceptual labor solution; 6. Species and the metaphysics of evolution; 7. Meaning, reference and conceptual change; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Richard A Richards, Richard A. Richards, Richard A. (University of Alabama) Richards, Richards Richard A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9780521196833
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19683-3
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 235 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Evolution, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Taxonomy and systematics