Darwin and the nature of species / David N. Stamos.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:SUNY series in philosophy and biology.
Main Author: Stamos, David N., 1957-
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2007], ©2007.
Series:SUNY series in philosophy and biology.
Subjects:
Species > Philosophy.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882.
Physical Description:xix, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A history of nominalist interpretation
  • Taxon, category, and laws of nature
  • The horizontal/vertical distinction and the language analogy
  • Common descent and natural classification
  • Natural selection and the unity of science
  • Not sterility, fertility, or niches
  • The varieties problem
  • Darwin's strategy
  • Concept change in scientific revolutions
  • Darwin and the new historiography.