tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post9202913121233282938..comments2024-03-29T10:12:07.396-04:00Comments on Vital Remnants: The divisions of philosophyMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-17890715771343522912008-11-12T21:29:00.000-05:002008-11-12T21:29:00.000-05:00Is there something in this quote that conflicts wi...Is there something in this quote that conflicts with either the Thomistic division or the division offered by Chalmers?Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-28434983299021531242008-11-12T19:35:00.000-05:002008-11-12T19:35:00.000-05:00I think at a cursory glance I'll go with John Wilk...I think at a cursory glance I'll go with John Wilkins' comment: <BR/>At the risk of sounding merely irritable, I wish to note that a taxonomy must be exclusive and founded on positive properties, not contraries. And I think that my namesake's experience in the 17th century about arbitrary structure to taxonomic trees ought to give some reason to pause. There are as many genera and species as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com