Suárez, Javier (2016) Bacterial species pluralism in the light of medicine and endosymbiosis. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 31 (1). pp. 91-105. ISSN 0495-4548
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Abstract
This paper offers a new argument in defence of bacterial species pluralism. To do this, initially I present particular issues derived from the conflict between the non-theoretical understanding of species as units of classification and the theoretical comprehension of them as units of evolution. Secondly, the necessity of the concept of species for the bacterial world is justified; I show how both medicine and endosymbiosis research make use of concepts of bacterial species linked to their distinctive purposes which do not conjoin with the other available concepts. Finally, I argue that these examples provide a new defence for the philosophical thesis of pluralism.
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| Keywords: | bacterial species Endosymbiosis research Pluralism Species concept Units of classification Units of evolution | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Ecology/Conservation Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Javier Suárez | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2019 03:01 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2019 03:01 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15840 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.13242 | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.13242 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Ecology/Conservation Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics Specific Sciences > Medicine General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism |
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| Date: | 2016 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 91-105 | ||||||
| Volume: | 31 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0495-4548 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15840 |
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