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100 1 $aGhiselin, Michael T.,$d1939-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82247440
245 10 $aMetaphysics and the origin of species /$cMichael T. Ghiselin.
260 $aAlbany :$bState University of New York Press,$c[1997], ©1997.
300 $axi, 377 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aSUNY series in philosophy and biology
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-365) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction --$g2.$tBeyond Language --$g3.$tWhat an Individual Is --$g4.$tWhat an Individual Is Not --$g5.$tSome Definitions of 'Definition' --$g6.$tDefinitions of 'Species' and Some Other Terms --$g7.$tSome Alternatives to the Biological Species Concept --$g8.$tObjections to the Individuality Thesis --$g9.$tWorking Out the Analogies --$g10.$tWhy Do Species Exist? --$g11.$tObjective and Subjective Systems --$g12.$tNatural and Artificial Systems --$g13.$tCharacters and Homologies --$g14.$tLaws of Nature --$g15.$tThe Principles of Historical Inference --$g16.$tEmbryology as History and as Law --$g17.$tThe Artifactual Basis of Macroevolution --$g18.$tToward a Real History of Life.
520 $aThis discussion of the philosophy of evolutionary biology is based on the author's idea that species are not kinds of organisms but wholes composed of organisms - individuals in the broadest ontological sense. Although the book's primary focus is on species and speciation, it deals with a wide variety of other fundamental units and basic processes and provides a reexamination of the role of classification in biology and other sciences.
520 8 $aIn 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.
520 8 $aHe 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.
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)$xPhilosophy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94003836
650 0 $aSpecies$xPhilosophy.
830 0 $aSUNY series in philosophy and biology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86726961
852 00 $boff,glx$hQH360.5$i.G48 1997