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Transformed Cladistics, Taxonomy and Evolution

Name: Transformed Cladistics, Taxonomy and Evolution
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521340861
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TRANSFORMED CLADISTICS TAXONOM

Contributor(s): Scott-Ram, N. R. Author , N. R., Scott-Ram Author Format: Hardback

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ISBN	9780521340861
Subtitle	TRANSFORMED CLADISTICS TAXONOM
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Publication date	December 1990
Language	English
MRP	£114.00 GBP
Page count	252
Item weight	119 g

This is an examination of the relationship between classification and evolutionary theory, with reference to the competing schools of taxonomic thinking. Emphasis is placed on one of these schools, the transformed cladists who have attempted to reject all evolutionary thinking in classification and to cast doubt on evolution in general. The author examines the limits to this line of thought from a philosophical and methodological perspective. He concludes that transformed cladistics does not achieve what it claims and that it either implicitly assumes a Platonic World View, or is unintelligible without taking into account evolutionary processes--the very processes it claims to reject. Through this analysis the author attempts to formulate criteria of an objective and consistent nature that can be used to judge competing methodologies and theories. Philosophers of science, zoologists interested in taxonomy, and evolutionary biologists will find this a compelling study.

Transformed Cladistics, Taxonomy and Evolution

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Scott-Ram, N. R. Author

N. R., Scott-Ram Author

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