摘要
"物种"是否存在本质,这一直是个争论不休的问题。DNA条形码理论代表了一种新的生物学本质主义主张。它把DNA条形码视为物种的"专名",在生物学中发展了一种克里普克意义上的本质主义。但是,作者认为,DNA条形码理论不能回答被视为本质主义核心内容的物种"特征"问题。所以,该理论只能被视为一种不成功的生物学本质主义辩护方案。其失败的根本原因在于克里普克的本质主义并不适用于生物学。
Do species have the essences？ This is a question which has always been debated by the philosophers. The bar code theory of DNA represents a new biological essentialism. The bar code of DNA is regarded as the species ＂proper name＂. This theory develops a Kripke＇s version of essentialism in the biology. However, it can＇ t answer ＂the trait question＂ of spedes wldch is considered to be a core feature of essentialism by many philosophers. So, the bar code of DNA is an unsuccessful justification about the biological essentialism. It failure fundamentally due to that Kripke＇ s essenlism is not applicable to the biology.
出处
《自然辩证法研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2013年第4期9-13,共5页
Studies in Dialectics of Nature
