{"product_id":"the-species-problem-9781032386812","title":"The Species Problem","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe general notion of species is one of the most fundamental in biology. But an idea of species is also one of the most persistent unresolved obsessions of biologists, philosophers and theoreticians. This new book investigates the multifaceted problem species as a conceptual envelope of that notion. Contemporary conceptualists and evolutionary epistemology allow for a fresh look by analyzing the framework of history viewed as changes ordered by changing philosophical-scientific contexts. In this analysis, the species problem is characterized in a pluralistic non-trivial manner, in contrast to a more monistic accepted view.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides new insights into the persistent species problem. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFocuses on conceptual history and identifies pivotal landmarks in the history of the concept of species. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArgues for a scientific consistency of species pluralism. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscusses the evolving specie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 1. THE SPECIES PROBLEM: IN BROAD STROKES ON A CONCEPTUAL HISTORICAL CANVAS \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.1. Developing cognitive situation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.1.1. Structure of cognitive situation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.1.2. Species, species concept, species problem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.2. History on a conceptualistic account \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.3. A historical narrative of the species problem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 2. ANTIQUE NATURAL PHILOSOPHY: SPECIES AS \u003ci\u003eEIDOS \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1. Classical period: the birth of \u003ci\u003egenos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eeidos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1.1. Plato’s eidology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1.2. Aristotle’s ousiology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1.3. Aristotelian polysemy: the problem arises\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.1.4. Theophrastus’ \u003ci\u003eEnquiry into Plants\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2.2. Neoplatonists: Porphyry's questions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 3. THE MIDDLE AGES: SPECIES AS \u003ci\u003eUNIVERSALIA\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.1. An eve of scholasticism: the beginning of genus and species \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.2. Realism: species really exists\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.3. Conceptualism: species concept refers to something real\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.4. Nominalism: species concept refers to nothing real\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3.5. Genus-species scheme\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 4. THE RENAISSANCE AND THE EARLY MODERN TIMES: SPECIES AS CLASSIFICATION UNIT \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.1. The Renaissance turn and the \"second\" scholasticism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.2. The early Modern Times: natural-classificatory dualism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3. The origin of systematics: species of the living \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3.1. Herbal epoch\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eas a precursor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3.2. From Cesalpino to Ray: a scholastic legacy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3.3. Tournefort and Linnaeus: disconnection of genus and species\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3.4. Adanson, Jussieu, etc.: the birth of natural systematics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4.3.5. \"Ladderists\" against \"Systemists\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 5. THE MODERN TIMES: SPECIES AS BIOLOGICAL UNIT \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.1. The forerunners: initial routs\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eof\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eobjectivation of biological\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003especies\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.1.1. Biblical motifs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.1.2. Generative idea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2. The 19th century and beyond: biologization of the species problem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2.1. Evolutionary idea: species as an actor of biological\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eevolution \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.2.2. Ecological idea: species as a component of ecosystem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.3. Biosystematics\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand others: fall and rise of species\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5.4.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\"Multiplication of essences\": the kinds of species\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER 6. THE CONTEMPORARY: THE NEWEST ISSUES \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.1. Species definition: a conceptual pyramid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.2. Species ontology: new questions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.3. The \"new essentialism\": an evolving specieshood?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.4. If not species, then what?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREFERENCES \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINDEX \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019022598487,"sku":"9781032386812","price":109.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032386812.jpg?v=1750779067","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-species-problem-9781032386812","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}