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Title
Species problems and beyond
Type
Text
Monograph
Multimedia
Subject
Species--Philosophy (LCSH)
Language
English
Classification
LCC: QH83 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 578.01/2 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23/eng/20220104)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Summary
"This book presents opposing views on the current philosophical and conceptual issues of the Species Problem in biology. Topics include ontology of species, definitions of species category and units, species rank, speciation issues, nomenclature, ecology, and species conservation"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
We are nearly ready to begin the species problem / Matthew J. Barker
Is the species problem that important? / Yuichi Amitani
'Species' as a technical term : Multiple meanings in practice, one idea in theory / Thomas A.C. Reydon
What should species be? Taxonomic inflation and the ethics of splitting and lumping / Jay Odenbaugh
The good species / John S. Wilkins
Species in the time of big data : the multi-species coalescent, the general lineage concept, and species delimitation / Aleta Quinn
Species delimitation using molecular data / Megan L. Smith, Bryan C. Carstens
Taxonomic order, disorder and governance / Stijn Conix, Stephen T. Garnett, Frank E. Zachos, Les Christidis
Ecology, evolution, and systematics in a post-species world / Brent D. Mishler
The species before and after Linnaeus - tension between disciplinary nomadism and conservative nomenclature / Alessandro Minelli
Taxonomic hierarchies as a tool for coping with the complexity of biodiversity / Julia D. Sigwart
The species problem from a conceptualist's viewpoint / Igor Ya. Pavlinov
(Some) Species are processes / John Dupré
Metaphysical presuppositions about species stability : problematic and unavoidable / Catherine Kendig
Critique of taxonomic reason(ing) : nature's joints in light of an 'honest' species concept and Kurt Hübner's historistic philosophy of science / Frank E. Zachos
Continuing after species : an afterword / Robert A. Wilson.
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Species problems and beyond