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The illogical basis of phylogenetic nomenclature.
From:
The Botanical Review
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January 1, 2003| Author:
Boyd, Richard N.; Keller, Roberto A.; Wheeler, Quentin D.
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The current advocacy for the so-called PhyloCode has a history rooted in twentieth-century arguments among biologists and philosophers regarding a putative distinction between classes and individuals. From this seemingly simple and innocuous discussion have come supposed distinctions between definitions and diagnosis, classification and systematization, and now Linnaean and "phylogenetic" nomenclature. Nevertheless, the metaphysical dichotomy of class versus individual, insofar as its stand...
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