Sentence examples for natural classifications from inspiring English sources

If enough time is allowed, the discussion naturally turns to the real tree of life, homology, and the dynamic nature of natural classifications.

That natural classifications are naturally hierarchical because phylogenetics is about lineage bifurcation is half of his theory.

(We will note below that not all natural classifications are classifications into natural kinds).

Quine is an example of a philosopher who accepts, to some extent, natural classifications into kinds.

The natural kind nominalist may accept that there are genuinely natural classifications, but will reject the idea that we should invoke any object as a consequence.

There is an analogous debate as regards natural kinds, whether in order to account for our natural kind talk and our natural classifications, we need a special sort of entity in our ontology.

Furthermore, the apparent evolutionary scatter of some algae among protozoan and fungal groups implies that a natural classification of algae as a class is impracticable.

Accepting the natural history chair at the Université de Genève (1817 41), where he was the first director of the botanical gardens, Candolle undertook the detailed development of ideas presented in the Théorie, first outlining systematic laws of botanical nomenclature in his Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale (2 vol., 1818 21; "Natural Classification for the Plant Kingdom").

A natural classification for a much expanded Begonia sect.

Baryandra in a move towards a more natural classification for the genus.

So we cannot guess the end point of physical theory, the natural classification, by looking at any particular theory.