Species: New Interdisciplinary Essays

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  title={Species: New Interdisciplinary Essays},
  author={Robert A. Wilson},
  year={1999}
}
The concept of species has played a central role in both evolutionary biology and the philosophy of biology, and has been the focus of a number of books in recent years. This book differs from other recent collections in two ways. It is more explicitly integrative and analytical, centering on issues of general significance such as pluralism and realism about species. It also draws on a broader range of disciplines and brings neglected cognitive, anthropological, and historical dimensions to… 
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Species concepts and Speciation: Facts and Fantasies

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What is a species? Essences and generation

The collapse of the narrative about essences in biology is examined, finding that an intrinsic biological essentialism does not commit us to Aristotelian notions, nor even modern notions, of essence.

Historical biological essentialism.

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Why was Darwin’s view of species rejected by twentieth century biologists?

In the 150th anniversary of The Origin of Species, Darwinian views on species appear to be returning to more Darwinianviews on species, and to a fuller appreciation of what Darwin meant.

So what is a species anyway? A primatological perspective

The great interest in what a species is reflects the importance of “species” as fundamental units in most fields of biology, especially evolutionary biology, ecology, and conservation.

Pattern Cladistics and the ‘Realism–Antirealism Debate’ in the Philosophy of Biology

It is argued that a robust articulation of Antirealist alternatives in systematics may provide a rational basis for its disciplinary separation from evolutionary biology, as well as for a critical reconsideration of the proper role of certain Scientific Realist positions, currently popular in comparative biology.

The Species Problem: A Philosophical Analysis

The ‘species problem’ is that there are multiple ways to conceive species that divide up biodiversity in inconsistent ways. Monistic responses to the species problem seek a single universal species…

On the nature of the species problem and the four meanings of 'species'.

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  • Philosophy, Environmental Science
    Studies in history and philosophy of biological and biomedical sciences
  • 2005
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