The philosophy of total evidence and its relevance for phylogenetic inference

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Autor(a) principal: Rieppel, Olivier
Data de Publicação: 2005
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Online)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/paz/article/view/33652
Resumo: The test of congruence under total evidence as used in systematics has been tied to a Popperian philosophy of science, but is here shown to be related to the coherence theory of truth in metaphysics and thus to coherentism in epistemology. Since the test of congruence is coherentist, the contextual (theoretical) background of initial character conceptualization cannot be ignored as is suggested by some proponents of the total evidence approach. The relative merits of a total evidence approach versus conditional data set partitioning are considered, and whereas both have their merits and drawbacks, either approach requires causal grounding of character statements (statements of homology), at least approximately and defeasibly. The conclusion is that character congruence is a necessary, but not also a sufficient, condition for phylogeny reconstruction.
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spelling The philosophy of total evidence and its relevance for phylogenetic inference Sistemáticaevidencia totalteste de congruênciaPopperSystematicstotal evidencetest of congruencePopper The test of congruence under total evidence as used in systematics has been tied to a Popperian philosophy of science, but is here shown to be related to the coherence theory of truth in metaphysics and thus to coherentism in epistemology. Since the test of congruence is coherentist, the contextual (theoretical) background of initial character conceptualization cannot be ignored as is suggested by some proponents of the total evidence approach. The relative merits of a total evidence approach versus conditional data set partitioning are considered, and whereas both have their merits and drawbacks, either approach requires causal grounding of character statements (statements of homology), at least approximately and defeasibly. The conclusion is that character congruence is a necessary, but not also a sufficient, condition for phylogeny reconstruction. O teste de congruência baseado em evidência total, como é usado na sistemática, foi atrelado à filosofia Popperiana de ciência, mas aqui se demonstra estar relacionado à teoria coerentista da verdade na metafísica e a teoria do coerentismo na epistemologia. Como o teste de congruência é coerentista, a base contextual (teórica) da conceitualização inicial de caracteres não pode ser ignorada como sugerido por alguns proponentes da abordagem de evidência total. Os méritos relativos apresentados pelas abordagens de evidência total e de partição condicional do conjunto de dados são considerados. Apesar das duas abordagens apresentarem seus méritos e desvantagens, ambas necessitam de um embasamento causal para definição dos caracteres (definição de homologia), ao menos de forma aproximada e falseável. A conclusão é que a congruência de caracteres representa uma condição necessária, mas não suficiente para a reconstrução filogenética. Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Museu de Zoologia (MZUSP).2005-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/paz/article/view/3365210.1590/S0031-10492005000800001Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia; v. 45 n. 8 (2005); 77-89 Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia; Vol. 45 Núm. 8 (2005); 77-89 Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia; Vol. 45 No. 8 (2005); 77-89 1807-02050031-1049reponame:Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Online)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPenghttps://www.revistas.usp.br/paz/article/view/33652/36390Rieppel, Olivierinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2012-07-15T19:31:30Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/33652Revistahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/pazPUBhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/paz/oaipublicacaomz@usp.br ; einicker@usp.br1807-02050031-1049opendoar:2023-01-12T16:41:28.585316Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Online) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
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title The philosophy of total evidence and its relevance for phylogenetic inference
spellingShingle The philosophy of total evidence and its relevance for phylogenetic inference
Rieppel, Olivier
Sistemática
evidencia total
teste de congruência
Popper
Systematics
total evidence
test of congruence
Popper
title_short The philosophy of total evidence and its relevance for phylogenetic inference
title_full The philosophy of total evidence and its relevance for phylogenetic inference
title_fullStr The philosophy of total evidence and its relevance for phylogenetic inference
title_full_unstemmed The philosophy of total evidence and its relevance for phylogenetic inference
title_sort The philosophy of total evidence and its relevance for phylogenetic inference
author Rieppel, Olivier
author_facet Rieppel, Olivier
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rieppel, Olivier
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sistemática
evidencia total
teste de congruência
Popper
Systematics
total evidence
test of congruence
Popper
topic Sistemática
evidencia total
teste de congruência
Popper
Systematics
total evidence
test of congruence
Popper
description The test of congruence under total evidence as used in systematics has been tied to a Popperian philosophy of science, but is here shown to be related to the coherence theory of truth in metaphysics and thus to coherentism in epistemology. Since the test of congruence is coherentist, the contextual (theoretical) background of initial character conceptualization cannot be ignored as is suggested by some proponents of the total evidence approach. The relative merits of a total evidence approach versus conditional data set partitioning are considered, and whereas both have their merits and drawbacks, either approach requires causal grounding of character statements (statements of homology), at least approximately and defeasibly. The conclusion is that character congruence is a necessary, but not also a sufficient, condition for phylogeny reconstruction.
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