In defence of classification

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-219

  Dupré, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Darwin; Evolution; Species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011356294     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(01)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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