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020			_a9780511762222 (ebook)
020			_z9780521196833 (hardback)
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050	0	0	_aQH83 _b.R485 2010
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100	1		_aRichards, Richard A., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe species problem : _ba philosophical analysis / _cRichard A. Richards.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 236 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge studies in philosophy and biology
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aThe species problem -- The transformation of Aristotle -- Linnaeus and the naturalists -- Darwin and the proliferation of species concepts -- The division of conceptual labor solution -- Species and the metaphysics of evolution -- Meaning, reference and conceptual change.
520			_aThere is long-standing disagreement among systematists about how to divide biodiversity into species. Over twenty different species concepts are used to group organisms, according to criteria as diverse as morphological or molecular similarity, interbreeding and genealogical relationships. This, combined with the implications of evolutionary biology, raises the worry that either there is no single kind of species, or that species are not real. This book surveys the history of thinking about species from Aristotle to modern systematics in order to understand the origin of the problem, and advocates a solution based on the idea of the division of conceptual labor, whereby species concepts function in different ways - theoretically and operationally. It also considers related topics such as individuality and the metaphysics of evolution, and how scientific terms get their meaning. This important addition to the current debate will be essential for philosophers and historians of science, and for biologists.
650		0	_aSpecies _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aBiology _vClassification _xPhilosophy.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521196833
830		0	_aCambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511762222
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