4. An Introduction to Taxonomic Systems

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. General Editor’s Preface V
3. Foreword VII
4. Contents XI
5. 1. Sets 1
6. 2. Sets of Ordered Pairs, or Relations 11
7. 3. Hierarchies 26
8. 4. An Introduction to Taxonomic Systems 30
9. 5. The Structure of Taxonomic Systems 41
10. 6. Taxonomic Systems and Taxonomic Categories 52
11. Selected Bibliography 69
12. Acknowledgments 71