But differences though of degree must not be capricious; the differences must permit rational classification.
"We did not have the level of detail in these cases that one would have liked to do a rational classification," Dr. Laughren said.
In his "Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language," from 1668, Wilkins laid out a sprawling taxonomic tree that was intended to represent a rational classification of every concept, thing, and action in the universe.
He decides that, for an English scientist, theory is "for him neither an explanation nor a rational classification of physical laws, but a model of these laws, a model not built for the satisfying of reason but for the pleasure of the imagination" (1914, 117; 1954, 81).
Moreover, it equally strengthens the need for more precise and rational classification of this response, especially with anti-angiogenic therapies.
Furthermore, comparison of drug-induced molecular profiles may provide objective criteria for a more rational classification of psychotropic drugs.
Recent advances in genomic technologies have offered a great opportunity for identifying the complete biological characteristics of neoplastic tissues, resulting in improved diagnosis, treatment selection, rational classification based on molecular carcinogenesis, and identification of therapeutic targets.
Through our expanded taxon sampling, which also includes a good coverage of Eurasian taxa we also reveal many new details concerning the overall phylogenetic structure of the Murinae, and this forms a basis for rational classification at tribal level of this traditionally problematic group.
The divergence in substrate binding regions provides a rational basis for classification of APH groups.
To provide a rational treatment approach, classification of pain is also recommended according to its etiology [ 12, 13] or, if possible, to its mechanism [ 14].
