语言应该反映生物知识
1St Catharine's College and Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|September 13, 2025
概括
公共语言经常误解生物知识,导致做出糟糕的决定. 纠正单词的使用对于更好的环境和科学理解至关重要.
科学领域:
- 生物学 生物学 生物学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 语言学的语言学.
背景情况:
- 公众对生物概念的理解往往是不准确的.
- 滥用生物学术语可能会导致不利的决策过程.
- 这一问题影响了公众讨论,科学传播和法律框架.
研究的目的:
- 突出公共语言和科学知识之间的差异,特别是在生物学.
- 举例介绍常见的错误使用的生物学术语.
- 倡导关于生物和生物过程的准确语言使用.
主要方法:
- 对公共语言使用与已建立的生物学知识进行分析.
- 识别和说明经常被滥用的生物术语.
- 评论科学文献和历史生物学作品.
主要成果:
- 许多生物学术语在公共话语中使用不准确或令人困惑.
- 滥用生物语言有助于人类中心的世界观,降低其他生物的价值.
- 拟议的变化需要在科学,法律和公共传播方面进行修订.
结论:
- 准确的语言对于科学,法律和公共生活中的知情决策至关重要.
- 迫切需要停止不准确地使用与生物体和生物过程相关的术语.
- 促进精确的生物术语可以促进更大的生态意识和责任.
关键词:
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