Discussing the generally ignored issue of the classification of natural objects in the philosophy of science, this book focuses on knowledge and social relations, and offers a way to understand classification as a necessary aspect of doing science.
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Nature of Science 2. Nature and Classification 3. Scientific Classification 4. Homology and Analogy 5. Monsters and Misclassifications 6. Observation, Theory and Domains 7. Radistics: A Neutral Terminology 8. Worth the Knowing Bibliography IndexO autorze
John S. Wilkins is Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and Associate Fellow at the University of Sydney, Australia. He works on evolution and religion, the philosophy of taxonomy, and the history of biology. He has published on cognition, cultural evolution, the philosophy of science, and on science communication.Malte C. Ebach is Senior Lecturer in Biogeography at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and has published on systematic and biogeographical theory and methods. He is an editor for the
Journal of Biogeography, Zootaxa and Editor-in-Chief of the
Species and Systematics book series.
Język Angielski ● Format PDF ● Strony 197 ● ISBN 9781137318121 ● Rozmiar pliku 2.2 MB ● Wydawca Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Miasto London ● Kraj GB ● Opublikowany 2013 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 3368682 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Społeczny DRM
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