Hypothetico-deductivism in systematics: fact or fiction?
Phylogenetic systematics (the cladistic analysis of phylogenetic relationships) is not hypotheticodeductively structured (in the sense of a covering law model of scientific explanation). If it were, there would be no reason to call for total evidence, since that requirement is automatically satisfie...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492008002300001 |