Berkeley: University of California Press, Date: 2009. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". xiv, 305pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The complex idea of "species" has evolved over time, yet its meaning is far from resolved. This comprehensive work takes a fresh look at an idea central to the field of biology by tracing its history from antiquity to today. John S. Wilkins explores the essentialist view, a staple of logic from Plato and Aristotle through the Middle Ages to fairly recent times, and considers the idea of species in natural history a concept often connected to reproduction. Tracing "generative conceptions" of species back through Darwin to Epicurus, Wilkins provides a new perspective on the relationship between philosophical and biological approaches to this concept. He also reviews the array of current definitions. Species is a benchmark exploration and clarification of a concept fundamental to the past, present, and future of the natural sciences. 2009. University of California Press ISBN 0520271394 US

ISBN10: 0520271394, ISBN13: 9780520271395, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley] Softcover Paperback. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". xiv, 305pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: The complex idea of "species" has evolved over time, yet its meaning is far from resolved. This comprehensive work takes a fresh look at an idea central to the field of biology by tracing its history from antiquity to today. John S. Wilkins explores the essentialist view, a staple of logic from Plato and Aristotle through the Middle Ages to fairly recent times, and considers the idea of species in natural history a concept often connected to reproduction. Tracing "generative conceptions" of species back through Darwin to Epicurus, Wilkins provides a new perspective on the relationship between philosophical and biological approaches to this concept. He also reviews the array of current definitions. Species is a benchmark exploration and clarification of a concept fundamental to the past, present, and future of the natural sciences.
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University of California Press 2011 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Figures. Species and Systematics, 1.

Univ of California Pr, Date: 2011. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 305 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. 2011. Univ of California Pr ISBN 0520271394 9780520271395 [GB]

ISBN10: 0520271394, ISBN13: 9780520271395, [publisher: University of California Press] Softcover
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