Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 775569
A survey of biologists on the species problem
A survey of biologists on the species problem // Philosophy Abstracts Tenth Annual International Conference on Philosophy / Gregory T. Papanikos (ur.).
Atena: Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 2015. str. 70-70 (predavanje, nije recenziran, sažetak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
A survey of biologists on the species problem
Autori
Pušić, Bruno
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni
Izvornik
Philosophy Abstracts Tenth Annual International Conference on Philosophy
/ Gregory T. Papanikos - Atena : Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 2015, 70-70
ISBN
978-960-598-000-9
Skup
10th Annual International Conference on Philosophy
Mjesto i datum
Atena, Grčka, 25.05.2015. - 28.05.2015
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje
Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran
Ključne riječi
Species problem; species concepts; species as individuals; biology; survey
Sažetak
My PhD dissertation is on the species problem in the philosophy of biology. In order to determine the attitudes of active biologists on the key assumptions, concepts and positions of the species problem, I conducted a broad survey on members of over 150 departments of biology at universities and institutes across the world. More specifically, the survey was designed to check the validity of the following claims that are often made in the literature on the species problem: 1. The species concept is a fundamental concept in biology. 2. The species is the fundamental unit of evolution. 3. The species problem is of great importance in biology. 4. Biologists think that species are real entities. 5. Species as individuals is a dominant position on the ontological status of the species. 6. Species as individuals position implies that species really exist. 7. Species essentialism is not a plausible position in modern biology. 8. Species monism implies that species really exist. 9. Species pluralism implies that species do not really exist. 10. Most biologists use biological species concept in their research. This type of survey has not been performed before, and the results are quite surprising. On this conference I would present the methodology and the results of my survey on the species problem for the first time, followed by some comments.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Filozofija
