The definitions of species and clade names: A reply to Ghiselin

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 223-228

  De Queiroz, Kevin ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clade; class; defining property; definition; individual; intension; name; organism; ostensive definition; species; taxon; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000674133     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00852247     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Classes and Cladists
2. Natural Kinds and Literary Accomplishments
3. Ostensive Definitions of the Names of Species and Clades
4. The effect of Essentialism on Taxonomy — Two Thousand Years of Stasis (I)
5. Phylogenetic Definitions and Taxonomic Philosophy
6. Phylogeny as a Central Principle in Taxonomy: Phylogenetic Definitions of Taxon Names