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Background knowledge: the assumptions of pattern cladistics
Author(s) -
Brower Andrew V. Z.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cladistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.323
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1096-0031
pISSN - 0748-3007
DOI - 10.1111/cla.12379
Subject(s) - cladistics , epistemology , biology , ontogeny , evolutionary biology , cognitive science , psychology , philosophy , phylogenetics , genetics , gene
This paper reviews the ontogeny of pattern cladistics from the 1970s and 1980s, rebuts criticisms by contemporary anti‐cladists, and endeavours to clarify persistent misunderstandings about the philosophical foundations of the approach.