Nominal Classification Gunter Senft
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The problem of "classification" is a general problem of life. That classification abilities are necessary for the survival of every organism is an important insight of biology. Human beings classify consciously, unconsciously, and even subconsciously in all situations. When we confront a scientific problem, we try to solve it by first classifying the various parts of the problem. Therefore, the history of all branches of science is also a history of how these sciences have classified their research subject. "Classification" always implies "selection," too, because, as Koestler (1983: 201) puts it, our
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