Metaphysics and the Origin of SpeciesSUNY Press, 1 de gen. 1997 - 377 pàgines In explaining his individuality thesis, Michael T. Ghiselin provides extended discussions of such philosophical topics as definition, the reality of various kinds of groups, and how we classify traits and processes. He develops and applies the implications for general biology and other sciences and makes the case that a better understanding of species and of classification in general puts biologists and paleontologists in a much better position to understand nature in general, and such processes as extinction in particular. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Beyond Language | 19 |
What an Individual Is | 37 |
What an Individual Is Not | 51 |
Some Definitions of Definition | 63 |
Definitions of Species and Some Other Terms | 81 |
Some Alternatives to the Biological Species Concept | 99 |
Objections to the Individuality Thesis | 123 |
Natural and Artificial Systems | 181 |
Characters and Homologies | 199 |
Laws of Nature | 219 |
The Principles of Historical Inference | 231 |
Embryology as History and as Law | 245 |
The Artifactual Basis of Macroevolution | 263 |
Toward a Real History of Life | 285 |
Aphorisms Summary and Glossographic | 301 |
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