Question

Before John Ray, no one had pondered about changes in species or biodiversity. True or False ?

Answer 1

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It is True, He represented the quintessential natural theologian who promoted the nobility and sanctity of science while conducting groundbreaking research, which means he proved that the living wood conducts water and did important early work in taxonomy, inspiring future systematists.

He traveled throughout Europe for the collection of specimens and discussed science with the other top naturalists, Ray then recognized the critical need for an organizational system to categorize the ever-increasing collections of different organisms – a system by which one may discern the deeper insights into creation. It was Ray's system of organization that labeled "kinds" as "species" and began the profession of systematics. In that way, Ray etched even more deeply into the human consciousness of the concept of species fixity. A classification system needs discernible entities to get classified, and this suggests their inherent discreteness. Once those classifications have been made, with rules of identification and names for each of the species cataloged, the process of classification itself begets conceptual fixity. As new specimens come in, the format for classification awaits them, and the presumption is that all are classifiable

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