Book ID: 98895
Wilkins, John S.
Defining species: A sourcebook from antiquity to today. 2009. (American university studies, Series V, Vol. 2039: xiv; 224 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Provides excerpts and commentary on the definition of 'species fromsource material ranging form the Greeks (Plato, etc.), through themiddle ages, to the modern era (some 143 biologists). Demonstratesthat the logical meaning of species is in direct contrast to the use of kind terms and concepts in natural history and biology, and that themyth that biologists or natural historians were ever essentialistsabout kinds is mistaken.