Taxonomic Nomenclature: What’s In A Name – Theory And History

Description

This book suggests an in-depth look at nomenclature in systematics instead of providing another "instruction for use" of various Codes of nomenclature. The focus is on ideas of what taxonomic nomenclature is as a part of the professional language of systematics considered in its full historical and conceptual scope. Basic concepts of nomenclature are outlined, and their development characterized; a hierarchy of fundamental principles of nomenclature are summarized; and the relationship between taxonomic nomenclature and taxonomic theory discussed. This book is addressed to those who would like to go beyond the boundaries of existing Codes to look at the subject from a more general, mostly theoretical standpoint. Key Features: • Provides a review of the role of nomenclature in systematics • Reviews the conceptual scope and historical contexts of nomenclature • Analyzes fundamental principles of nomenclature • Outlines the historical development of nomenclature • Reviews the rules of nomenclature in botany, zoology, microbiology, and horticulture Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Preface Introduction Theoretical Part 1 Taxonomic Theory and Nomenclature 1.1 The Basics of Taxonomic Theory 1.2 How Does Taxonomic Theory Matter? 1.3 Taxonomic Hierarchy: A Case Study 2 Basic Elements of a Theory of Nomenclature 2.1 Basic Thesaurus 2.1.1 Nomenclature Concepts, Systems, Codes 2.1.2 Nomenclatural Objects 2.1.3 Nomenclature Regulators 2.1.4 Nomenclatural Activity and Tasks 2.2 To the Philosophy of T-Designators 2.3 Basic Nomenclature Concepts 3 Basic Principles of Nomenclature 3.1 General Regulatory Principles 3.2 Cognitive Principles 3.3 Linguistic Principles 3.4 Juridical Principles 3.5 Taxonomic Principles 3.6 Pragmatic and Other Principles Historical Part 4 An Overview and the Beginning 4.1 Main Historical Trends and Stages 4.2 The Empirical Route 4.2.1 Folk Nomenclature 4.2.2 Language of Proto-Systematics 5 The Essentialist Route 5.1 Major Features 5.2 Pre-Linnaean Stage 5.3 Linnaean Reform 6 The Nominalist Route 6.1 Dawn of Nominalism 6.1.1 Adansonean Reform: A Failed Attempt 6.1.2 Affirmation of Binomial Nomenclature 6.2 The 19th Century: Basic Issues 6.2.1 Rank Fragmentation and Rank Dependence 6.2.2 Priority vs. Usage 6.2.3 Circumscription vs. Characters vs. Types 6.2.4 Classicality vs. Arbitrariness of Names 6.3 The 19th Century: Codification of Nomenclature 6.3.1 First Codes 6.3.1.1 Botany 6.3.1.2 Zoology 6.3.2 The “Great Schism”: Multiplication of Codes 6.3.2.1 Botany 6.3.2.2 Zoology 6.3.3 Prototypes of BioCode 6.4 The 20th Century: Traditions and Innovations 6.4.1 Major Trends 6.4.2 Botany 6.4.3 Zoology 6.4.4 Microbiology 6.4.5 Cultivated Plants 6.5 Draft BioCode 7 The Conceptualist Route 7.1 Rational-Logical Nomenclature 7.2 Phylogenetic Nomenclature Instead of Conclusion: A General Outlook References Index