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| PONTES,JOSÉ. |
| ABSTRACT We discuss two changes of paradigms that occurred in science along the XXth century: the end of the mechanist determinism, and the end of the apparent incompatibility between biology, where emergence of order is law, and physics, postulating a progressive loss of order in natural systems. We recognize today that three mechanisms play a major role in the building of order: the nonlinear nature of most evolution laws, along with distance to equilibrium, and with the new paradigm, that emerged in the last forty years, as we recognize that networks present collective order properties not found in the individual nodes. We also address the result presented by Blumenfeld (L.A. Blumenfeld, Problems of Biological Physics, Springer, Berlin, 1981) showing... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Chaos; Dynamical systems; Entropy; Evolution of Science; Pattern formation; Theoretical biology. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652016000301151 |
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| Wattel, Jan. |
| The critical function is an important aspect of the science of taxonomy. Every classification is built upon a critical evaluation and emendation of a previously existing one. Ultimately, this reaches back to pre-scientific classifications which are, like scientific ones, hierarchically structured. The critical function is strongly developed in phylogenetic systematics in which some time-honoured taxa are no longer considered natural groups. Rejection of paraphyletic taxa has given rise to opposition against the phylogenetic methodology. It is suggested that paraphyletic taxa may be retained for administrative reference, but not for scientific evaluation of biogeography and evolutionary differentiation. |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Taxonomy; Classification; Theoretical biology. |
| Ano: 1990 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504208 |
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