Folk biology
In this article the topic of Folk biology will be addressed from different perspectives and approaches. Folk biology is an issue of great relevance today, it raises debate and controversy in various areas, and its study is crucial to understanding the complexity of contemporary society. Throughout these pages, the multiple edges that make up Folk biology will be analyzed, their practical and theoretical implications will be examined, and different reflections will be offered that invite critical reflection. From different disciplines and fields of knowledge, Folk biology will be examined in a rigorous and detailed manner, with the purpose of providing new perspectives and enriching the debate around this phenomenon.
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Folk biology (or folkbiology) is the cognitive study of how people classify and reason about the organic world. Humans everywhere classify animals and plants into obvious species-like groups. The relationship between a folk taxonomy and a scientific classification can assist in understanding how evolutionary theory deals with the apparent constancy of "common species" and the organic processes centering on them. From the vantage of evolutionary psychology, such natural systems are arguably routine "habits of mind", a sort of heuristic used to make sense of the natural world.
References
- ^ Medin, Douglas L.; Scott, Atran (1999). Folkbiology. MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-63192-X.
External links
- Scott Atran (1999) Folk Biology (PDF), in Robert Wilson and Frank Keil, Ed. The MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences, pages 316-317. MIT Press.
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