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| Laws: A. Laws are rules created and enforced by governments to regulate behavior, protect people's rights, and promote order and justice in society. - B. Laws of nature are fundamental principles that describe how the universe works. They are universal and unchanging. - C. The status of laws in the individual sciences is controversial, since they may only describe regularities. See also Natural laws, Regularities, Principles._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Ernst Haeckel on Laws - Dictionary of Arguments
Gould I 255 ff Laws/Haeckel/Evolution/Gould: Ernst Haeckel: Definition "Biogenetic Basic Law": thesis: ontogenesis recapitulates phylogeny. This means that each animal passes through all stages of its own family tree during its embryonic stage. Human embryos, for example, should then have gills which they lose before birth. >Natural laws. Gould I 256 GouldVsHaeckel: At the turn of the century this theory perished, because the rediscovered Mendelian laws made it seem untenable. However, their shine had faded long before, because it was impossible to keep the fact that traces of precursors could always be distinguished from newer embryonic adaptations. Too many stages of development were lacking, too many others were confused. >Explanations, >Causal explanation, >Method, >Theories, >Science._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Haeckel, Ernst Gould I Stephen Jay Gould The Panda’s Thumb. More Reflections in Natural History, New York 1980 German Edition: Der Daumen des Panda Frankfurt 2009 Gould II Stephen Jay Gould Hen’s Teeth and Horse’s Toes. Further Reflections in Natural History, New York 1983 German Edition: Wie das Zebra zu seinen Streifen kommt Frankfurt 1991 Gould III Stephen Jay Gould Full House. The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin, New York 1996 German Edition: Illusion Fortschritt Frankfurt 2004 Gould IV Stephen Jay Gould The Flamingo’s Smile. Reflections in Natural History, New York 1985 German Edition: Das Lächeln des Flamingos Basel 1989 |
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