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Concept

1. An abstract idea or notion.

2. An explanatory variable or principle in a scientific system.

Synonym: conception.

Origin: L. Conceptum, something understood, pp. Ntr. Of concipio, to receive, apprehend


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Natural selection is proven wrong

... and language lead to the meaningless of all views and you will see you are looking in the wrong place life is a process species/essence are static concepts indicating a static world you must move from the static to process whitehead ie he wrote principa mathematica with russell advocated a process ...

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by gamila
Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:03 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16378

Re: Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation

... to knowledge that affect the constituent disciplines. I disagree with you, and find this topic to necessarily include a discussion of biological concepts in order for it to exist. So I suppose my question is, even if it wasn't specifically 100% on biology, why would that matter? I think moderators ...

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by jeremyo
Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:39 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation
Replies: 3
Views: 144

Re: There is no scientific method

... following as they are equivalent: There is no time there is nothing "right' and nothing "wrong" as these are also abstract human concepts and maybe, gamila, there is no spoon

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by telanerv
Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:25 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: There is no scientific method
Replies: 12
Views: 406

Inter species breeding with fertile offspring

But biology is a science because the concepts that make it up are formed by the scientific method That there is no scientific method is shown by the early reception of darwins theory of evolution-this shows the fact that science has no method ...

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by gamila
Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:15 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Inter species breeding with fertile offspring
Replies: 30
Views: 559

Re: Inter species breeding with fertile offspring

Actually, that would be an example of technology. But biology is a science because the concepts that make it up are formed by the scientific method. You can't declare biology a non-science just because you don't like the major theories on specieation. Well you can, ...

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by Jasper903
Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:00 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Inter species breeding with fertile offspring
Replies: 30
Views: 559
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