| Literature DB >> 16329005 |
Ingvar Johansson1, Barry Smith, Katherine Munn, Nikoloz Tsikolia, Kathleen Elsner, Dominikus Ernst, Dirk Siebert.
Abstract
It is argued that medical science requires a classificatory system that (a) puts functions in the taxonomic center and (b) does justice ontologically to the difference between the processes which are the realizations of functions and the objects which are their bearers. We propose formulae for constructing such a system and describe some of its benefits. The arguments are general enough to be of interest to all the life sciences.Mesh：
Year: 2005 PMID： 16329005 DOI： 10.1007/s10441-005-2525-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Biotheor ISSN： 0001-5342 Impact factor: 1.774