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Explanation in morphology

P. Dullemeijer

Acta Biotheoretica 21 (3-4):260-273 (1972)

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Functional morphology and evolutionary biology.P. Dullemeijer - 1980 - Acta Biotheoretica 29 (3-4):151-250.details In this study the relationship between functional morpholoy and evolutionary biology is analysed by confronting the main concepts in both disciplines.Rather than only discussing this connection theoretically, the analysis is carried out by introducing important practical and experimental studies, which use aspects from both disciplines. The mentioned investigations are methodologically analysed and the consequences for extensions of the relationship are worked out. It can be shown that both disciplines have a large domain of their own and also share a large (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 8 citations
Theoretical discussion on some functional-morphological terms and some general reflexions on explanations in biology.Walter Verraes - 1981 - Acta Biotheoretica 30 (4):255-273.details In his article Forme et Fonction Barge wrote in 1936 that living matter cannot be totally understood in terms of causality. In this paper we argue on the contrary that this is in principle possible.In order to develop our arguments, we discuss some basic and derived concepts used in morphology and functional anatomy. We also formulate comments on the so-called formal, functional and final elucidations. Download Export citation Bookmark 1 citation
The relation between philosophy of science and biology exemplified by the problem of explanation.W. Van Laar & H. Verhoog - 1972 - Acta Biotheoretica 21 (3-4):274-301.details This paper contains some considerations on the relation between philosophy of science and science, in particular biology. There is a contrast between formalistic and pragmatic approaches to the structure of scientific thought, which is illustrated by the different viewpoints on the nature of explanation. In an appendix some aspects of the logical structure of teleological explanation are discussed. Download Export citation Bookmark 2 citations
Lenkende und limitierende faktoren in der evolution.Wolf -Ernst Reif - 1975 - Acta Biotheoretica 24 (3-4):136-162.details It is shown in a literature review, that in the Typostrophic Theory autonomous mechanisms in the organism are considered as the factors which play a decisive role in orienting and controlling the evolutionary process. Selection is a controlling factor of only minor importance. The Synthetic Theory, on the other side, says that phylogenetic changes are not random or controlled by “internal factors” but can always be considered as adaptive remodellings. They are achieved by selection acting on the variation within populations. (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 3 citations
Optimierung und ökonomisierung im kontext Von evolutionstheorie und phylogenetischer rekonstruktion.Klaus Bonik, Wolfgang Friedrich Gutmann & D. Stefan Peters - 1977 - Acta Biotheoretica 26 (2):75-119.details The meaning of optimality and economy in phylogenetics and evolutionary biology is discussed.It can be shown that the prevailing concepts of optimality and economy are equivocal as they are not based on strict theoretical positions and as they have a variable meaning in different theoretical contexts. The ideas of optimality and economy can be considered to be identical with the expectation of a relatively simple order in a particular field of study. Although there exists no way of inferring one or (...) Download Export citation Bookmark 3 citations

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