Article ID: CBB690540493

Theoricity and Homology: A Reply to Roffe, Ginnobili, and Blanco (2018)

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Roffe et al. (Hist Philos Life Sci, 2108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-018-0208-z) develop a rather creative line of response to Pearson’s (Hist Philos Life Sci 32(4):475–492, 2010) critique of pattern cladisma response centering on a structuralist approach to the homology concept. In this brief reply I attempt to demonstrate, however, that Roffe, and Ginnobili, and Blanco subtly mis-characterize the target of Pearson’s critique. The consequence of this mischaracterization is that even though the structuralist framework may help make sense of pattern cladism, it does not undermine Pearson’s critique of it.

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Authors & Contributors
Dupré, John
Yagel Gouvêa, Devin Susanne
Ankeny, Rachel A.
Bechtel, William
Bertrand, Emanuel
Boniolo, Giovanni
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Substantia: An International Journal of the History of Chemistry
Publishers
Routledge
University of Chicago
University of Pittsburgh
Johns Hopkins University Press
Oxford University Press
Concepts
Philosophy of biology
Biology
Controversies and disputes
Evolution
Epistemology
Philosophy of science
People
Kant, Immanuel
Krogh, August
Linnaeus, Carolus
Monod, Jacques
Prigogine, Ilya
Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
18th century
Modern
Places
Berlin (Germany)
Germany
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