Aristotle on Species Variation

Philosophy 61 (236):245 - 252 (1986)
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Abstract

Explains Aristotle's views on the possibility of continuous variation between biological species. While the Porphyrean/Linnean classification of species by a tree suggests species are distributed discretely, Aristotle admitted continuous variation between species among lower life forms.

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James Franklin
University of New South Wales

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