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knowledge as interrelated facts
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law of nature
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philosophy of science
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metaphysics and epistemology
Reference
Wallace, A.R., "On the law which has regulated the introduction of new species", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, September 1855. Google
Other Reference
p. 311-325 in Brackman, A.C., A Delicate Arrangement. The strange case of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, Times Books, 1980.
313 ;;Quote: Sarawak Law -- every species has come into existence at the same space and time as a pre-existing, closely allied species
313+;;Quote: no species has come into existence twice
313+;;Quote: species can not be classified into circles or prearranged groups
323 ;;Quote: deduce the nature of biological history from isolated groups of facts about geological and biological events
324 ;;Quote: rudimentary organs appear frequently and have no value; must be due to natural law; species are not independent of pre-existings species
325 ;;Quote: like the law of gravity, the Sarawak law explains a vast number of independent and previously unexplained facts; species come from pre-existing, closely allied species
Topic: evolutionary systems (47 items)
Topic: classification (65 items)
Topic: entities (20 items)
Topic: problem of classifying information (42 items)
Topic: knowledge as interrelated facts (23 items)
Topic: law of nature (28 items)
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Topic: metaphysics and epistemology (99 items)