Title:
Species : the evolution of the idea / John S. Wilkins.
Author:
Wilkins, John S., 1955- author.
Publication Information:
Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2018]
Call Number:
QH83 .W527 2018
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781138055742
Series:
Species and systematics
Species and systematics.
Physical Description:
xxxviii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
General Note:
"Revised edition of: Species : a history of the idea. Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009."--Title page verso CIP.
Contents:
Section I. The historical development of "species". The classical era : science by division -- The medieval bridge -- Species and the birth of modern science -- The nineteenth century, a period of change -- Darwin and the Darwinians -- The species problem arises -- The synthesis and species -- Section II. Modern debates. Reproductive isolation concepts -- Phylogenetic species concepts -- Other species concepts -- Historical summary and conclusions -- Section III. Philosophical discussions of the species concept. Philosophy and species : introduction -- The development of the philosophy of species -- Species realism -- Appendix A. Post-Linnaean ranks -- Appendix B. A summary list of species definitions.
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