Naturalizing as an error-type in Biology
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Biologists make mistakes – but they can also find them and remedy them. I survey a series of cases where idealizations and assumptions about normality have shaped common erroneous biological concepts: male and female; developmental abnormalities; competition in evolution; and laws of nature. Such scientific interpretations of nature can have profound social consequences. Identifying such recurring errors thematically, however, can guide analysis that improves the reliability of scientific claims. Here, I profile naturalizing as one such error type and map the prospective solutions.
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