Teleology, First Principles, and Scientific Method in Aristotle's Biology 2012
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199287956.003.0015
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“…Besides the absence of a taxon equivalent to modern Mollusca in Aristotle and the absence of an equivalent to the Aristotelian ostracoderma in contemporary classification highlighted by these authors, one can find several "errors", as for example the placement of (i) ascidians and echinoids in ostracoderma (PA680a5) along with bivalves and gastropods, because of their hard body cover, and (ii) the angler fish in selachia along with rays and skates (HA749a23), probably because of its flattened body form, although Aristotle knew that it was oviparous and had a bony skeleton. However, when we take into account the huge challenges Aristotle must have faced when developing his pioneering work in marine taxonomy more than two millennia ago, one can only admire him, as Charles Darwin did after a limited encounter with Aristotle's writings, two months before his death (Gotthelf, 1999).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Besides the absence of a taxon equivalent to modern Mollusca in Aristotle and the absence of an equivalent to the Aristotelian ostracoderma in contemporary classification highlighted by these authors, one can find several "errors", as for example the placement of (i) ascidians and echinoids in ostracoderma (PA680a5) along with bivalves and gastropods, because of their hard body cover, and (ii) the angler fish in selachia along with rays and skates (HA749a23), probably because of its flattened body form, although Aristotle knew that it was oviparous and had a bony skeleton. However, when we take into account the huge challenges Aristotle must have faced when developing his pioneering work in marine taxonomy more than two millennia ago, one can only admire him, as Charles Darwin did after a limited encounter with Aristotle's writings, two months before his death (Gotthelf, 1999).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In contrast, his classification was recognized and praised by the early taxonomists and evolutionists. Thus, Charles Darwin admired his work as a taxonomist and compared him to Carl Linnaeus (Gotthelf, 1999), while Cuvier (1841) commented that Aristotle's "… genius for Aristotle's scientific contributions to the classification, nomenclature and distribution of marine organisms Medit. Mar.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The idea of using animals as models of human disease, as we know it now, is a relatively recent development, whereas the recognition of the commonalities in structure and function between humans and non‐human animals is quite ancient. The earliest written records of people drawing inferences about biology and physiology through observation of the similarities in anatomy between humans and non‐human animals extends back to at least the sixth century BCE .…”
Section: Modelling Human Disease In Animals – a Historical Perspectivementioning
confidence: 99%
“…(Mayr 1982: 152). Similarly, Darwin stated, in a letter (Gotthelf 1999) to the physician and classicist William Ogle who has sent Darwin a copy of his translation of Aristotle's works on the parts of animals, that "Linnaeus and Cuvier have been my two gods, though in very different ways, but they were mere schoolboys to old Aristotle." Cuvier (1841: 148-149) also praised Aristotle's achievements in zoology: "Aristote, dès son introduction, expose aussi une classification zoologique qui n'a laissé que bien peu de choses à faire aux siècles qui sont venus après lui.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%