Metaphysics and the origin of species /
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| Author / Creator: | Ghiselin, Michael T., 1939- |
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| Imprint: | Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997. |
| Description: | xi, 377 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | SUNY series in philosophy and biology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2745650 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Beyond Language
- 3. What an Individual Is
- 4. What an Individual Is Not
- 5. Some Definitions of 'Definition'
- 6. Definitions of 'Species' and Some Other Terms
- 7. Some Alternatives to the Biological Species Concept
- 8. Objections to the Individuality Thesis
- 9. Working Out the Analogies
- 10. Why Do Species Exist?
- 11. Objective and Subjective Systems
- 12. Natural and Artificial Systems
- 13. Characters and Homologies
- 14. Laws of Nature
- 15. The Principles of Historical Inference
- 16. Embryology as History and as Law
- 17. The Artifactual Basis of Macroevolution
- 18. Toward a Real History of Life.
