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E-grāmata: Species Problem: A Conceptual History [Taylor & Francis e-book]

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  • Izdošanas datums: 24-Feb-2023
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  • ISBN-13: 9781003346296
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The general notion of species is one of the most fundamental in biology. But an idea of species is also one of the most persistent unresolved obsessions of biologists, philosophers and theoreticians. This new book investigates the multifaceted problem species as a "conceptual envelope" of that notion.



The general notion of species is one of the most fundamental in biology. But an idea of species is also one of the most persistent unresolved obsessions of biologists, philosophers and theoreticians. This new book investigates the multifaceted problem species as a "conceptual envelope" of that notion. Contemporary conceptualists and evolutionary epistemology allow for a fresh look by analyzing the framework of history viewed as changes ordered by changing philosophical-scientific contexts. In this analysis, the species problem is characterized in a pluralistic non-trivial manner, in contrast to a more monistic "accepted view."

Key Features

  • Provides new insights into the persistent species "problem."

  • Focuses on conceptual history and identifies pivotal landmarks in the history of the concept of species.

  • Argues for a scientific consistency of species pluralism.

  • Discusses the "evolving species-hood" in the context of new essentialism.

    • Related Titles
    • Wilkins, J. S, et al., eds. Species Problems and Beyond: Contemporary Issues in Philosophy and Practice (ISBN 978-1-0322-2147-2)
    • Mishler, B. D. What, if anything, are species? (ISBN 978-1-4987-1454-9)
    • Wilkins, J. S.  Species: The Evolution of the Idea, Second Edition (ISBN 978-1-1380-5574-2)
    • Sigwart, J. D.  What Species Mean: A User's Guide to the Units of Biodiversity (ISBN 978-1-4987-9937-9)

Preface ix
About the Author xi
Introduction 1(6)
Chapter 1 The Species Problem: In Broad Strokes on a Conceptual Historical Canvas
7(26)
1.1 Developing Cognitive Situation
7(16)
1.1.1 Structure of Cognitive Situation
8(5)
1.1.2 Species, Species Concept, Species Problem
13(10)
1.2 History on a Conceptualistic Account
23(3)
1.3 A Historical Narrative of The Species Problem
26(7)
Chapter 2 Antique Natural Philosophy: Species as Eidos
33(16)
2.1 Classical Period: The Birth of Genos and Eidos
33(12)
2.1.1 Plato's Eidology
34(1)
2.1.2 Aristotle's Ousiology
35(4)
2.1.3 Aristotelian Polysemy: The Problem Arises
39(5)
2.1.4 Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants
44(1)
2.2 Neoplatonists: Porphyry's Questions
45(4)
Chapter 3 The Middle Ages: Species as Universalia
49(30)
3.1 An Eve of Scholasticism: The Beginning of Genus and Species
52(6)
3.2 Realism: Species Really Exists
58(6)
3.3 Conceptualism: Species Concept Refers to Something Real
64(8)
3.4 Nominalism: Species Concept Refers to Nothing Real
72(2)
3.5 Genus-Species Scheme
74(5)
Chapter 4 The Renaissance and the Early Modern Times: Species as Classification Unit
79(46)
4.1 The Renaissance Turn and The "Second" Scholasticism
81(4)
4.2 The Early Modern Times: Natural-Classificatory Dualism
85(9)
4.3 The Origin of Systematics: Species of The Living
94(31)
4.3.1 Herbal Epoch as a Precursor
95(2)
4.3.2 From Cesalpino to Ray: A Scholastic Legacy
97(7)
4.3.3 Tournefort and Linnaeus: Disconnection of Genus and Species
104(6)
4.3.4 Adanson, Jussieu, etc.: The Birth of Natural Systematics
110(10)
4.3.5 "Ladderists" Against "Systemists"
120(5)
Chapter 5 The Modern Times: Species as Biological Unit
125(56)
5.1 The Forerunners: Initial Routs of Objectivation of Biological Species
129(14)
5.1.1 Biblical Motifs
129(8)
5.1.2 Generative Idea
137(6)
5.2 The 19th Century and Beyond: Biologization of The Species Problem
143(11)
5.2.1 Evolutionary Idea: Species as an Actor of Biological Evolution
143(8)
5.2.2 Ecological Idea: Species as a Component of Ecosystem
151(3)
5.3 Biosystematics and Others: Fall and Rise of Species
154(9)
5.4 "Multiplication of Essences": The Kinds of Species
163(18)
Chapter 6 The Contemporary: The Newest Issues
181(16)
6.1 Species Definition: A Conceptual Pyramid
181(5)
6.2 Species Ontology: New Questions
186(6)
6.3 The "New Essentialism": An Evolving Specieshood?
192(2)
6.4 If Not Species, Then What?
194(3)
References 197(56)
Index 253
Igor Ya. Pavlinov was, until his retirement in 2018, a leading researcher and chief of the Mammal Division at the Zoological Museum at the Lomonosov Moscow State University. Currently, he is the curator of mammals at this museum. His principal research interests are in theoretical taxonomy and phylogenetics, systematics of mammals, and morphometrics. He is the author of several dozen books on natural history, including: Cladistic Analysis: Methodological Aspects (1990), Evolution of Life (2001), Systematics of Mammals of the World (2003), Foundation of the Contemporary Phylogenetics (2005), Nomenclature in Systematics (2015) and its successor Taxonomic NomenclatureWhat's in a Name: Theory and History (2022), Foundation of Biological Systematics (2018) and its successor Biological Systematics: History and Theory (2021), Mammals of Russia: A Reference and Guide (2019), several books on particular orders and families of mammals, etc.
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