Saturday, November 18, 2006

Ottimo articolo sul pluralismo definitorio in biologia

Ottimo articolo sul pluralismo definitorio in biologia

Si tratta di Against units in biology di John S. Wilkins, autore del noto Blog Evolving Thoughts.
Così recita la introduzione:
The living world, it seems to me, causes no end of trouble for those who would classify it. Its levels, ranks, hierarchies and units all seem to be clear enough, until we encounter troublesome cases. Then they get very troublesome indeed. So I want to say, there are no ranks or set units in biology a priori, and very few and limited, a posterori.

Un bell'articolo che riflette sulla visione pluralista della scienza e in particolare sull'evoluzione.

Paolo Coccia

1 comment:

John S. Wilkins said...

Thanks for the link. I only just saw it, and I like that article a lot.