Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia

Since it was first proposed, Memetics had to deal with a variety of criticism. This article discusses two of them, namely, the problem of meme unit and the problem of meme ontology. In both cases the answer to the type of problem raised will follow the same reasoning: to show that much of the critic...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Leal-Toledo, Mateus Machado Pinto de Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2016-05-01
Series:Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/44081
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spelling doaj-ff3f2f36a0ab4d679057696ed21270772020-11-25T01:32:42ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaPrincipia: An International Journal of Epistemology1414-42471808-17112016-05-0120223925410.5007/1808-1711.2016v20n2p23925646Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologiaGustavo Leal-Toledo0Mateus Machado Pinto de Almeida1Universidade Federal de São João del ReiUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei – UFSJSince it was first proposed, Memetics had to deal with a variety of criticism. This article discusses two of them, namely, the problem of meme unit and the problem of meme ontology. In both cases the answer to the type of problem raised will follow the same reasoning: to show that much of the criticism could also be made to evolutionary biology, especially in its origins, and show that finished answers are not necessary to allow us to develop research in memetics.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/44081Memeticsmeme unitmeme ontologyRichard DawkinsPhilosophy of Biology
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Mateus Machado Pinto de Almeida
Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia
Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
Memetics
meme unit
meme ontology
Richard Dawkins
Philosophy of Biology
author_facet Gustavo Leal-Toledo
Mateus Machado Pinto de Almeida
author_sort Gustavo Leal-Toledo
title Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia
title_short Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia
title_full Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia
title_fullStr Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia
title_full_unstemmed Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia
title_sort até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia
publisher Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
series Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology
issn 1414-4247
1808-1711
publishDate 2016-05-01
description Since it was first proposed, Memetics had to deal with a variety of criticism. This article discusses two of them, namely, the problem of meme unit and the problem of meme ontology. In both cases the answer to the type of problem raised will follow the same reasoning: to show that much of the criticism could also be made to evolutionary biology, especially in its origins, and show that finished answers are not necessary to allow us to develop research in memetics.
topic Memetics
meme unit
meme ontology
Richard Dawkins
Philosophy of Biology
url https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/44081
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