• DOI:10.1007/s11692-009-9054-y
Corpus ID: 363300

Homology: Homeostatic Property Cluster Kinds in Systematics and Evolution

@article{Assis2009HomologyHP,
  title={Homology: Homeostatic Property Cluster Kinds in Systematics and Evolution},
  author={Leandro C. S. Assis and Ingo Brigandt},
  journal={Evolutionary Biology},
  year={2009},
  volume={36},
  pages={248-255}
}

Leandro C. S. Assis, Ingo Brigandt

Published 2009

Biology

Evolutionary Biology

Taxa and homologues can in our view be construed both as kinds and as individuals. However, the conceptualization of taxa as natural kinds in the sense of homeostatic property cluster kinds has been criticized by some systematists, as it seems that even such kinds cannot evolve due to their being homeostatic. We reply by arguing that the treatment of transformational and taxic homologies, respectively, as dynamic and static aspects of the same homeostatic property cluster kind represents a good… CONTINUE READING

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