@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Darwin,Charles}, subject = {Similarity}, note = {Mayr I 190 Similarity: Darwin counts it among the classification criteria, because there is no absolutely direct relationship between branching and divergence. In some trunks, all branches diverge about to the same extent. Language/Evolution: also languages evolve, but not adaptively, but stochastically!E.g. When the Anglo-Saxons colonized the British Isles, they did not have to adapt the language to the climate. The consideration of ecological factors and their effects on the phenotype characterize a Darwinian classification. >Classification. Similarity/Mayr: must be ascertained as a first step, then the genealogy. >Method.}, note = { Mayr I Ernst Mayr This is Biology, Cambridge/MA 1997 German Edition: Das ist Biologie Heidelberg 1998 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=367263} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=367263} }