Species Problems and Beyond: Contemporary Issue, Wilkins, Zachos, Pavlinov..

CRC Press

Species Problems and BeyondContemporary Issues in Philosophy and Practice\nAuthor(s): John S. Wilkins, Frank E. Zachos, Igor Ya. Pavlinov\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367425371, 978-0367425371\nSynopsis\nSpecies Problems and Beyond offers a collection of up-to-date essays discussing from an interdisciplinary perspective the many ramifications of the Species Problem. The authors represent experts in the philosophy of biology, in species-level evolutionary investigations, and in biodiversity studies and conservation. Some of the topics addressed concern the context sensitivity of the term species; species as individuals, processes, natural kinds, or as operative concepts; species delimitation in the age of Big (genomic) Data; and taxonomic inflation and its consequences for conservation strategies. The carefully edited volume will be an invaluable resource for philosophers of biology and evolutionary biologists.