Otsuka, Jun (2018) Species as models. In: UNSPECIFIED.
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This paper argues that biological species should be construed as abstract models, rather than biological or even tangible entities. Various (phenetic, cladistic, biological etc.) species concepts are defined as set-theoretic models of formal theories, and their logical connections are illustrated. In this view organisms relate to a species not as instantiations, members, or mereological parts, but rather as phenomena to be represented by the model/species. This sheds new light on the long-standing problems of species and suggests their connection to broader philosophical topics such as model selection, scientific representation, and scientific realism.
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Keywords: | Biological species, models, scientific representation | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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Depositing User: | Jun Otsuka | ||||||
Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2018 19:34 | ||||||
Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2018 19:34 | ||||||
Item ID: | 15162 | ||||||
Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics General Issues > Models and Idealization General Issues > Structure of Theories |
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Date: | 31 March 2018 | ||||||
URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15162 |
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