功能解剖学：一项分类学提议。

Functional anatomy: a taxonomic proposal.

作者信息

Johansson Ingvar, Smith Barry, Munn Katherine, Tsikolia Nikoloz, Elsner Kathleen, Ernst Dominikus, Siebert Dirk

机构信息

Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Postfach 151150, D-66041, Germany.

出版信息

Acta Biotheor. 2005;53(3):153-66. doi: 10.1007/s10441-005-2525-3.

DOI:10.1007/s10441-005-2525-3

PMID:16329005

Abstract

It is argued that medical science requires a classificatory system that (a) puts functions in the taxonomic center and (b) does justice ontologically to the difference between the processes which are the realizations of functions and the objects which are their bearers. We propose formulae for constructing such a system and describe some of its benefits. The arguments are general enough to be of interest to all the life sciences.

摘要

有人认为，医学科学需要一个分类系统，该系统要做到：（a）将功能置于分类学的核心位置；（b）在本体论上公正地对待作为功能实现过程的那些过程与作为功能承载者的那些对象之间的差异。我们提出了构建这样一个系统的公式，并描述了它的一些益处。这些论点具有足够的普遍性，能引起所有生命科学领域的兴趣。