Article ID: CBB001211553

Should “Heredity” and “Inheritance” Be Biological Terms? William Bateson's Change of Mind as a Historical and Philosophical Problem (2012)

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In 1894,William Bateson objected to the terms "heredity" and "inheritance" in biology, on grounds of contamination with misleading notions from the everyday world. Yet after the rediscovery of Mendel's work in the spring of 1900, Bateson promoted that work as disclosing the "principles of heredity." For historians of science, Bateson's change of mind provides a new angle on these terms at a crucial moment in their history. For philosophers of science, the case can serve as a reminder of the potential of Putnam's hypothesis of a division of linguistic labor for analyzing the semantic lives of scientific kind terms.

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Authors & Contributors
Müller-Wille, Staffan
Brandt, Christina
Adam Krashniak
Gilbert, Scott
Wouters, Arno G.
Stefano, Waldir
Concepts
Biology
Philosophy of biology
Heredity
Genetics
Inheritance
Philosophy of science
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
21st century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
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