Darwin and the nature of species / David N. Stamos.
Pubblicazione:
Albany : State university of New York press, c2007.
Descrizione fisica:
XIX, 273 p. ; 23 cm
Serie:
SUNY series in philosophy and biology
Contiene:
Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. A history of nominalist interpretation 2. Taxon, category and laws of nature 3. The horizontal/vertical distinction and the language analogy 4. Common descent and natural classification 5. Natural selection and the unity of science 6. Not sterility, fertility or niches 7. The varieties problem 8. Darwin's strategy 9. Concept change in scientific revolutions 10. Darwin and the new historiography. Notes. References. Index
