Name: Transformed Cladistics, Taxonomy and Evolution
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Author: Scott-Ram
ISBN: 9780521340861

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Transformed Cladistics, Taxonomy and Evolution

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Physical Book

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Author

Scott-Ram

Year

1990

Language

English

Pages

252

Format

Hardcover

ISBN

0521340861

ISBN13

9780521340861

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Synopsis "Transformed Cladistics, Taxonomy and Evolution "

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.

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