Metaphysics and the Origin of Species (Suny Series, Philosophy & Biology) (SUNY series in Philosophy and Biology) by Michael T. Ghiselin (PDF)

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This sweeping discussion of the philosophy of evolutionary biology is based on the revolutionary idea that species are not kinds of organisms but wholes composed of organisms.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “As important as Michael Ghiselin’s work has been, he is an excellent example of someone who really has not received the attention and acclaim that his work deserves. The most innovative scientists and philosophers think highly of his work and cite it frequently, but too often the larger body of scholars is aware of only bits and pieces. This book will set things straight. Ghiselin has been preparing to write this book all his life. It integrates all of the various aspects of his research into a single, unified, and impressive whole.” ― David L. Hull, Dressler Professor in the Humanities, Northwestern University“…Ghiselin’s book has an exceptional intellectual sharpness for a treatise on biology. Almost every page offers an original insight or penetrating argument … there is no ‘metaphysical book’ more bracing for the philosophy of biology. It is the only one that evolutionary biologists and systematists simply must read.” ― ISIS“This book will be highly praised by some readers and viciously attacked by others. There is no other such comprehensive treatment in the available literature. The excellent, very extensive cross-references are a particular virtue. The crucial literature is cited for virtually every controversial issue. Thus the book is a most useful introduction to the covered field.” ― Ernst Mayr, Harvard University About the Author Michael T. Ghiselin is the author of Intellectual Compromise, The Economy of Nature and the Evolution of Sex, and The Triumph of the Darwinian Method. A Senior Research Fellow at the California Academy of Sciences, he is the recipient of a 1981 MacArthur Prize and was awarded the 1970 Pfizer Prize by the History of Science Society.

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⭐Ghiselin’s new book brings together knowledge from the historical, philosophical, psychological, economical, and biological sciences which makes it unique, and it highlights the importance of interdisciplinary research. It is the sort of work that stimulates those of us interested in philosophy of science in general and philosophy of systematics in particular, but it also has the potential to open up the eyes of those not already familiar with the power of the individuality thesis. I highly recommend this book to everyone that is interested in theoretical systematics and its philosophy, and I’m sure it will provide the basis for much stimulating thought and discussion. This book should be used at both graduate and undergraduate courses so that, eventually, the strength of the individuality thesis will permeate all parts of biology and make biology the historical science that Darwin envisioned 150 years ago. For a more detailed review, see Harlin 1998, Zoologica Scripta 27: 87-88.

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