The Species Problem : Biological Species, Ontology, and the Metaphysics of Biology
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
073910778X
ISBN-13
9780739107782
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Lexington Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 9th, 2004
Print length
390 Pages
Weight
560 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.70 x 3.20 cms
Product Classification:
PhilosophyPhilosophy: metaphysics & ontologyScience: general issuesBiology, life sciences
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Stamos squarely confronts the problem of determining what a biological species is, whether species are real, and the nature of their reality. He critically considers the evolution of the major contemporary views of species and also offers his own solution to the species problem.
In this provocative work, David N. Stamos tackles the problem of determining exactly what a biological species is: in short, whether species are real and the nature of their reality. Although many have written on this topic, The Species Problem is the only comprehensive single-authored book on this central concern of biology. Stamos critically considers the evolution of the three major contemporary views of species: species nominalism, species as classes, and species as individuals. Finally, he develops his own solution to the species problem, a solution aimed at providing a universal species concept worthy of the Modern Synthesis. This book will be of interest to philosophers of biology and of science in general, to historians of biology, and to biologists concerned with one of the most significant (and practical) conceptual issues in their field.
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