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Phylogenetic hypotheses, taxonomic sameness and the reference of taxon names
Södertörn University College;Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France.
Södertörn University College.ORCID-id: 0000-0002-8727-8747
2008 (engelsk)Inngår i: Zoologica Scripta, ISSN 0300-3256, E-ISSN 1463-6409, Vol. 37, nr 3, s. 337-347Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
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When scientists use a taxon name like Mammalia, it is important that they talk about the same thing. But, what does it mean to be the same thing in different phylogenetic hypotheses? And, how is taxonomic reference maintained across hypotheses? Here, we discuss the differences between real and hypothetical clades, and how such a distinction relates to the sameness problem. Since hypotheses influence how we perceive things and pursue science, we find it important to have a functioning nomenclatural system for clades as perceived in phylogenetic hypotheses. As a solution to the sameness problem for such clades, we argue that a taxon name does not primarily refer to a single clade that somehow mirror the reality of branches in the tree of life. Instead we suggest that a taxon name refers to a set, or natural kind, of counterfactual and reconstructed clades.

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2008. Vol. 37, nr 3, s. 337-347
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-51339DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00323.xISI: 000254954700008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-42149140801OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-51339DiVA, id: diva2:914694
Tilgjengelig fra: 2011-02-08 Laget: 2016-03-24 Sist oppdatert: 2019-02-27bibliografisk kontrollert

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