The Nature of Classification: Relationships and Kinds in the Natural Sciences - Paperback
by J. Wilkins, M. Ebach
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781349345151ISBN-10:1349345156UPC:9781349345151Book Category:Philosophy, ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life SciencesBook Topic:BiologySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.268Product ID:SCPVVE090S
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781349345151ISBN-10:1349345156UPC:9781349345151Book Category:Philosophy, ScienceBook Subcategory:Philosophy & Social Aspects, Life SciencesBook Topic:BiologySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.268Product ID:SCPVVE090S
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.
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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2014 Edition
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