Lexicon of Arguments

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I 160
How-questions/Mayr: immediate function led to the discovery of most natural laws.
>Natural laws, >Regularities, >Causality, >Observation,
>Theories, >Laws.
Why-questions/Darwin/Mayr: historical, evolutionary, indirect. Why-questions were scientifically legitimized by Darwin. He thus introduced the entire natural history into science.
I 179
Why-questions: Why do we not find in nature a continuum of similar or different individuals, which can all reproduce together?
Answer: Investigation of the hybrids: e.g. mule: lower viability. Selection advantage for all mechanisms that prevent such a pairing.

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