Are Species Real?
What are species? Are they objective features of the world? If so, what sort of features are they? Do everyday intuitions that species are real stand up to philosophical and scientific scrutiny? Two rival accounts of species' reality have dominated the discussion: that species are natural kinds defined by essential properties and that species are individuals. Unfortunately, neither account fully accommodates biological practice. In Are Species Real?, Slater presents a novel approach to this question aimed at accommodating the attractions to both realism and antirealism about species.
Series Editor's Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Natural Kinds
3. Essentialism
4. Individualism
5. Metaphysics of Species for the Commitment-Wary
6. The Natural Kindness Approach
7. Pluralism & Realism Revisited
References
Index
| Pm Supplier | Springer Verlag |
|---|---|
| Pm Publisher | Palgrave |
| Pm Isbn 10 | 0230393241 |
| Pm Isbn 13 | 9780230393240 |
| Pm Publication Date | 2013-10-30 |
| Pm Width | 141 |
| Pm Author | Slater,Matthew H |
| Pm Height | 13 |
| Pm Longness | 222 |
- Author: Slater,Matthew H
- Page Count: 214
Are Species Real?
- Author: Slater,Matthew H
- Page Count: 214
