The Nature of Classification - by J Wilkins & M Ebach (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><em>The Nature of Classification</em> discusses an old and generally ignored issue in the philosophy of science: natural classification. It argues for classification to be a sometimes theory-free activity in science, and discusses the existence of scientific domains, theory-dependence of observation, the inferential relations of classification and theory, and the nature of the classificatory activity in general. It focuses on biological classification, but extends the discussion to physics, psychiatry, meteorology and other special sciences. <p/><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Wilkins and Ebach present an ambitious but well-motivated discussion for a theory-free classification which, if successful, would circumvent the problematic ladenness of observation. As such, The Nature of Classification succeeds in extending discussion of philosophy of classification beyond that of biological systematics and in forging a neutral terminology with which to do so." (Catherine Kendig, History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Vol. 37, August, 2015)</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>John S. Wilkins is Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and Associate Fellow at the University of Sydney, Australia. He works on evolution and religion, the philosophy of taxonomy, and the history of biology. He has published on cognition, cultural evolution, the philosophy of science, and on science communication. <p/>Malte C. Ebach is Senior Lecturer in Biogeography at the University of New South Wales, Australia, and has published on systematic and biogeographical theory and methods. He is an editor for the <em>Journal of Biogeography, Zootaxa</em> and Editor-in-Chief of the <em>Species and Systematics</em> book series.<br>
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