Document (#34494)

Author

Ereshefsky, M.

Title

¬The poverty of the Linnaean hierarchy : a philosophical study of biological taxonomy

Imprint

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press

Year

2007

Pages

x, 316 S

Isbn

0-521-78170-1

Series

Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology

Abstract

The question of whether biologists should continue to use the Linnaean hierarchy has been a hotly debated issue. Ereshefsky argues that biologists should abandon the Linnaean system and adopt an alternative that is in line with evolutionary theory. He then makes specific recommendations for a post-Linnaean method of classification.

Content

Part I: The historical turn 1. The philosophy of classification 2. A primer of biological taxonomy 3. History and classification Part II: The multiplicity of nature 4. Species pluralism 5. How to be a discerning pluralist Part III: Hierarchies and nomenclature 6. The evolution of the Linnaean hierarchy 7. Post-Linnaean taxonomy 8. The future of biological nomenclature

Footnote

Rez. in: KO 35(2008) no.4, S.255-259 (B. Hjoerland): "This book was published in 2000 simultaneously in hardback and as an electronic resource, and, in 2007, as a paperback. The author is a professor of philosophy at the University of Calgary, Canada. He has an impressive list of contributions, mostly addressing issues in biological taxonomy such as units of evolution, natural kinds and the species concept. The book is a scholarly criticism of the famous classification system developed by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). This system consists of both a set of rules for the naming of living organisms (biological nomenclature) and principles of classification. Linné's system has been used and adapted by biologists over a period of almost 250 years. Under the current system of codes, it is now applied to more than two million species of organisms. Inherent in the Linnaean system is the indication of hierarchic relationships. The Linnaean system has been justified primarily on the basis of stability. Although it has been criticized and alternatives have been suggested, it still has its advocates (e.g., Schuh, 2003). One of the alternatives being developed is The International Code of Phylogenetic Nomenclature, known as the PhyloCode for short, a system that radically alters the current nomenclatural rules. The new proposals have provoked hot debate on nomenclatural issues in biology. . . ."

Theme

Klassifikationstheorie: Elemente / Struktur

Field

Biologie

LCSH

Biology / Classification / Philosophy

RSWK

Linné, Carl von <Biologe, 1707-1778> / Systematik / Philosophie
Linné, Carl /von (Biologe, 1707-1778) / Systematik / Biologie / Philosophie (SWB)
Art / Evolution / Aufsatzsammlung (BVB)

DDC

578/.01/2 / dc21

LCC

QH83 .E73 2001

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