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1 online resource (275 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Species Problem: In Broad Strokes on a Conceptual Historical Canvas -- 1.1. Developing Cognitive Situation -- 1.1.1. Structure of Cognitive Situation -- 1.1.2. Species, Species Concept, Species Problem -- 1.2. History on a Conceptualistic Account -- 1.3. A Historical Narrative of The Species Problem -- Chapter 2: Antique Natural Philosophy: Species as Eidos -- 2.1. Classical Period: The Birth of Genos and Eidos -- 2.1.1. Plato's Eidology |
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2.1.2. Aristotle's Ousiology -- 2.1.3. Aristotelian Polysemy: The Problem Arises -- 2.1.4. Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants -- 2.2. Neoplatonists: Porphyry's Questions -- Chapter 3: The Middle Ages: Species as Universalia -- 3.1. An Eve of Scholasticism: The Beginning of Genus and Species -- 3.2. Realism: Species Really Exists -- 3.3. Conceptualism: Species Concept Refers to Something Real -- 3.4. Nominalism: Species Concept Refers to Nothing Real -- 3.5. Genus-Species Scheme -- Chapter 4: The Renaissance and the Early Modern Times: Species as Classification Unit |
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4.1. The Renaissance Turn and The "Second" Scholasticism -- 4.2. The Early Modern Times: Natural-Classificatory Dualism -- 4.3. The Origin of Systematics: Species of The Living -- 4.3.1. Herbal Epoch as a Precursor -- 4.3.2. From Cesalpino to Ray: A Scholastic Legacy -- 4.3.3. Tournefort and Linnaeus: Disconnection of Genus and Species -- 4.3.4. Adanson, Jussieu, etc.: The Birth of Natural Systematics -- 4.3.5. "Ladderists" Against "Systemists" -- Chapter 5: The Modern Times: Species as Biological Unit -- 5.1. The Forerunners: Initial Routs of Objectivation of Biological Species |
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5.1.1. Biblical Motifs -- 5.1.2. Generative Idea -- 5.2. The 19th Century and Beyond: Biologization of The Species Problem -- 5.2.1. Evolutionary Idea: Species as an Actor of Biological Evolution -- 5.2.2. Ecological Idea: Species as a Component of Ecosystem -- 5.3. Biosystematics and Others: Fall and Rise of Species -- 5.4. "Multiplication of Essences": The Kinds of Species -- Chapter 6: The Contemporary: The Newest Issues -- 6.1. Species Definition: A Conceptual Pyramid -- 6.2. Species Ontology: New Questions -- 6.3. The "New Essentialism": An Evolving Specieshood? |
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6.4. If Not Species, Then What? -- References -- Index |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000833201 |
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1000833208 |
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