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| Species: In biology, a species is a fundamental unit of classification. It groups together organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, sharing common characteristics and occupying a specific ecological niche. See also Niches, Evolution, Genes, Natural Kinds._____________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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D. Dennett on Species - Dictionary of Arguments
Species/Dennett: Dennett discusses several authors: I 48 Natural Kinds/Philosophy/Quine/Dennett: Quine distinguishes between good and bad scientific categories. >Categories. Art/Darwin/Dennett: Darwin doesn't mention species formation at all! But: "Descent with variation"! Adaptation/Darwin/Dennett: Natural selection inevitably leads to adaptation. Species/Darwin/Dennett: Splitting by different abilities and characteristics. Genetics/Dennett: Genetics was not yet known at Darwin's time. Mendel researched 50 years later. Species/Darwin/Dennett: is actually arbitrary! The term is applied to a number of individuals out of convenience! >Conventions. I 56 Species/Dawkins: There is nothing that wants the formation of species! Before the separation there must be a phase of "temporary separation"! I 56 Species/Dennett: question: Do individuals belong to different kinds if they cannot cross, or if they just don't do it? >Evolution, >Selection, >Darwinism._____________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. |
Dennett I D. Dennett Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, New York 1995 German Edition: Darwins gefährliches Erbe Hamburg 1997 Dennett II D. Dennett Kinds of Minds, New York 1996 German Edition: Spielarten des Geistes Gütersloh 1999 Dennett III Daniel Dennett "COG: Steps towards consciousness in robots" In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 Dennett IV Daniel Dennett "Animal Consciousness. What Matters and Why?", in: D. C. Dennett, Brainchildren. Essays on Designing Minds, Cambridge/MA 1998, pp. 337-350 In Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18