This book is a comprehensive introduction to the philosophical foundations and development of modern biological classification.

Through simple yet engaging language and detailed images and charts, readers will explore the work of Aristotle, Linnaeus, Darwin, and other well-known, and som

This book presents a revised history of early biogeography and investigates the split in taxonomic practice, between the classification of taxa and the classifi

This new edition of a foundational text presents a contemporary review of cladistics, as applied to biological classification. It provides a comprehensive accou

Discussing the generally ignored issue of the classification of natural objects in the philosophy of science, this book focuses on knowledge and social relation