反对统一的同类概念:重新调整辩论方向
Devin Y Gouvêa1, Ingo Brigandt2
1Department of Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
Journal of morphology
|June 14, 2023
概括
同性学研究从将概念视为研究工具而不是寻求单一定义中受益. 这种方法澄清了相似的历史和机制原因,并有助于跨学科研究.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 科学哲学的科学哲学.
- 比较解剖学的比较解剖学.
背景情况:
- 同一性概念是多方面的,缺乏统一的定义,尽管广泛的研究.
- 现有的努力往往集中在统一不同定义的同类学.
- 科学概念,包括同类学,作为实现特定研究目标的工具.
研究的目的:
- 提出一种替代策略来分析同类概念,重点关注它们作为研究工具的实用性.
- 用历史和当代案例研究来说明这种策略的实际应用.
- 重新评估兰克斯特对同类学和鸟同类学拼图的贡献.
主要方法:
- 对同类学定义的概念分析,强调它们在研究中的功能作用.
- 历史案例研究:对E. Ray Lankester的"同质性"和"同质性"概念进行重新评估.
- 当代案例研究:对鸟的数字同质性和跨学科方法的研究.
主要成果:
- 兰克斯特的"同质性"和"同质性"涉及形态相似的机械和历史原因之间的相互作用.
- 鸟类数字同类学研究通过新的工具和跨学科合作取得了进展,而不是概念统一.
- 该研究强调了概念框架和同类学研究工具之间的动态相互作用.
结论:
- 保持符合特定研究目标的同类学的独特概念特征比寻求统一更有成效.
- 了解同类学概念的历史背景和学科应用至关重要.
- 这项研究强调了概念工具和经验证据之间的复杂关系,用于推进同类学研究.
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