Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia
Since it was first proposed, Memetics had to deal with a variety of criticism. This article discusses two of them, namely, the problem of meme unit and the problem of meme ontology. In both cases the answer to the type of problem raised will follow the same reasoning: to show that much of the critic...
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| description | Since it was first proposed, Memetics had to deal with a variety of criticism. This article discusses two of them, namely, the problem of meme unit and the problem of meme ontology. In both cases the answer to the type of problem raised will follow the same reasoning: to show that much of the criticism could also be made to evolutionary biology, especially in its origins, and show that finished answers are not necessary to allow us to develop research in memetics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff3f2f36a0ab4d679057696ed21270772022-12-22T01:58:05ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaPrincipia: An International Journal of Epistemology1414-42471808-17112016-05-0120223925410.5007/1808-1711.2016v20n2p23925646Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologiaGustavo Leal-Toledo0Mateus Machado Pinto de Almeida1Universidade Federal de São João del ReiUniversidade Federal de São João del-Rei – UFSJSince it was first proposed, Memetics had to deal with a variety of criticism. This article discusses two of them, namely, the problem of meme unit and the problem of meme ontology. In both cases the answer to the type of problem raised will follow the same reasoning: to show that much of the criticism could also be made to evolutionary biology, especially in its origins, and show that finished answers are not necessary to allow us to develop research in memetics.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/44081Memeticsmeme unitmeme ontologyRichard DawkinsPhilosophy of Biology |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo Leal-Toledo Mateus Machado Pinto de Almeida Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology Memetics meme unit meme ontology Richard Dawkins Philosophy of Biology |
| title | Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia |
| title_full | Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia |
| title_fullStr | Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia |
| title_short | Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia |
| title_sort | ate onde vai o meme o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia |
| topic | Memetics meme unit meme ontology Richard Dawkins Philosophy of Biology |
| url | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/44081 |
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