This msg is not for a discussion. I just like to inform the interested colleagues that CRC Press just announced a new book of mine scheduled to be published in february 2026.

https://www.routledge.com/The-Hierarchies-in-Biological-Systematics-A-Conceptual-Perspective/Pavlinov/p/book/9781032982120

The Hierarchies in Biological Systematics: A Conceptual Perspective

The book examines the diverse hierarchies shaping the field of biology. From the overarching cognitive frameworks to the specific classifications that define biological taxonomy, this book is a comprehensive analysis of hierarchical structures and their inherent complexities.

Through a conceptual lens, the author explores the fundamental parameters of hierarchies, their fuzziness, and the principles guiding their substantiation, elaboration, and implementation. The book also delves into the ongoing debate between ranked and rankless taxonomic hierarchies, highlighting the author’s view of the unique rationality of ranked systems while critically assessing their limitations.

CONTENT

Chapter 1. A historical consideration

1.1. A brief overview

1.2. The roots: folk systematics

1.3. The Antique hierarchical systems

1.4. Towards the deductive genus-species scheme

1.5. The development of ranked taxonomic hierarchy

1.6. Against taxonomic hierarchy and/oritsranking

1.7. A brief history of meronomic hierarchies

Chapter 2. Some philosophical considerations

2.1. The hierarchical structure of cognitive situation

2.2. The hierarchies of reduction cascades

2.3. Some comments on the notions and definitions

2.4. The pyramids of reasoning: logics, methodologies, methods

2.5. The hierarchies of taxonomic theories

2.6. On the objectivity and subjectivity of hierarchies and ranks

2.7. The importance of being a system

2.8. A few words about structuralism

Chapter 3. The hierarchies as they are

3.1. Basic features of hierarchies

3.2. More on onto-epistemic dualism of hierarchies

3.3. The hierarchies topology

3.4. Levelism

3.5. Fuzzy hierarchies

3.6. Hierarchization of classification systems

3.7. To rank or not to rank: the contemporary debates

Chapter 4. The hierarchies representations

4.1. The text-like style

4.2. The tree-like style

4.3. The plane-like style

4.4. From classifications to representations and back again

Chapter 5. Two important conceptual pyramids: species and homology

5.1. The species problem

5.2. The homology problem

Chapter 6. Taxonomic hierarchy and nomenclature

6.1. Taxonomic theory and nomenclature

6.2. The hierarchies of regulative nomenclature

6.3. Rank-dependent nomenclature

6.4. Rank-independent nomenclature