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'''Folk taxonomies''' are systems of categorization created by non-scientists to order, to name, and ultimately to help themselves understand the natural world. Folk taxonomies frequently diverge on some points from the | '''Folk taxonomies''' are systems of categorization created by non-scientists to order, to name, and ultimately to help themselves understand the natural world. Folk taxonomies frequently diverge on some points from the phylogeny established by the scientific study of [[taxonomy]] but they also tend to align with scientific classifications on other points: sometimes folk taxonomies lump together many biological species under a single name, sometimes there is one-to-one correspondence, and sometimes folk taxonomies differentiate where scientific taxonomies do not.<ref> Brent Berlin, Dennis E. Breedlove, Peter H. Raven. (1966). Folk Taxonomies and Biological Classification. ''Science'' 154(3746): 273-275.</ref> The differentiation between types in folk taxonomies is largely dependent on the [[culture|cultural]] significance and practical utility of the species constituting each group. | ||
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Revision as of 12:33, 11 August 2009
Folk taxonomies are systems of categorization created by non-scientists to order, to name, and ultimately to help themselves understand the natural world. Folk taxonomies frequently diverge on some points from the phylogeny established by the scientific study of taxonomy but they also tend to align with scientific classifications on other points: sometimes folk taxonomies lump together many biological species under a single name, sometimes there is one-to-one correspondence, and sometimes folk taxonomies differentiate where scientific taxonomies do not.[1] The differentiation between types in folk taxonomies is largely dependent on the cultural significance and practical utility of the species constituting each group.
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- ↑ Brent Berlin, Dennis E. Breedlove, Peter H. Raven. (1966). Folk Taxonomies and Biological Classification. Science 154(3746): 273-275.