What are biological species? : the impact of the current debate in taxonomy on the species problem
For the past twenty years, taxonomy has been in a state of turmoil. This confusion brings along with it four distinct schools of thought, each of which offers a different concept of biological species. The thesis will show that these concepts are purely operational and have only a weak theoretical f...
Main Author: | Leroux, Nicole |
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Other Authors: | Bunge, Mario (advisor) |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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McGill University
1993
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Online Access: | http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=69538 |
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