Species as Models
Species as Models
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作为模型的物种
DOI：
10.1086/705519
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Jun Otsuka
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作者：
田口茂;大塚淳;西郷甲矢人;Jun Otsuka;Okasha S. and Otsuka J;Jun Otsuka;Jun Otsuka
本文描述了各种物种概念的集合论模型，许可生物推理，并说明了不同的物种概念之间的逻辑联系。在这个概念中，物种是抽象的模型，而不是生物或有形的实体，并通过表征与个体生物体相关，而不是成员关系或部分整体/部分关系。该提案为物种的棘手问题提供了新的视角，并将其置于模型选择，科学表征和科学现实主义的更广泛的哲学背景中。
This article characterizes various species concepts in terms of set-theoretic models that license biological inferences and illustrates the logical connections among different species concepts. Species in this construal are abstract models, rather than biological or even tangible entities, and relate to individual organisms via representation, rather than the membership or mereological whole/part relationship. The proposal sheds new light on vexed issues of species and situates them within broader philosophical contexts of model selection, scientific representation, and scientific realism.