Species : the evolution of the idea
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Species : the evolution of the idea
（Species and systematics / editor in chief, Kipling Will）
CRC Press, c2018
2nd ed
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Species : a history of the idea
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Rev. ed. of: Species : a history of the idea. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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
Table of Contents
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.
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