考虑亲和力：一场空灵的对话（三部曲之二）

Considering affinity: an ethereal conversation (part two of three).

作者信息

Winsor Mary P

机构信息

Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto, 550 Spadina Crescent, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2J9.

出版信息

Endeavour. 2015 Jun;39(2):116-26. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2014.11.001. Epub 2014 Dec 26.

DOI:10.1016/j.endeavour.2014.11.001

PMID:25547607

Abstract

In 1840 Hugh Strickland published a diagram showing the relationships of genera of birds in the kingfisher family. Three years later he applied this mapping idea to genera of birds of prey and songbirds, creating a large wall chart that he displayed to colleagues but never published. Both of his diagrams featured a scale of degrees of affinity. The meaning of taxonomic affinity was something Darwin thought about deeply. Details in the chart undermine Strickland's claim that his method was purely inductive.

摘要

1840年，休·斯特里克兰发表了一幅图表，展示了翠鸟科鸟类各属之间的关系。三年后，他将这种绘图方法应用于猛禽和鸣禽的属，制作了一张大幅挂图，并向同事展示，但从未发表。他的这两张图表都有一个亲缘度的比例。分类学亲缘关系的含义是达尔文深入思考过的问题。图表中的细节削弱了斯特里克兰关于他的方法是纯归纳法的说法。