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The Poverty of the Linnaean Hierarchy: A Philosophical Study of Biological Taxonomy

By Marc Ereshefsky

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
9780521781701, 0521781701, 0511030800
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1402062 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
Edition
1
Pages
328\328
Library
duansci.com
Time added
2010-05-12 16:22:54

Description

Gradually general principles of classification and knowledge organizations have become more clear to me. An important insight is that any classification of a domain must be based on theories or views of that domain. I try to verify this on different domains. This is not always easy, and some of the most influential classifications seems to contradict this principle. This is, for example, the case with Linnaean classification in biology, which was developed before Darvian and modern evolutionary theory and it is the case with the influential psychiatric classification DSM IV. Ereshefskys book on the Linnaean classification in biology represents high class scholarship in both biology and philosophy and it is a goldmine of arguments for a general philosophy of classification. Besides it is an indication that philosophy can make itself a productive part of of specific specific scientific research.

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