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Greek classicism in living structure? Some deductive pathways in animal morphology

Greek classicism in living structure? Some deductive pathways in animal morphology Classical temples in ancient Greece show two deterministic illusionistic principles of architecture, which govern their functional design: geometric proportionalism and a set of illusion-strengthening rules in the proportionalism's “stochastic margin”. Animal morphology, in its mechanistic-deductive revival, applies just one architectural principle, which is not always satisfactory. Whether a “Greek Classical” situation occurs in the architecture of living structure is to be investigated by extreme testing with deductive methods. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Biotheoretica Springer Journals

Greek classicism in living structure? Some deductive pathways in animal morphology

Acta Biotheoretica , Volume 34 (4) – Apr 30, 2004

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Springer Journals
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Philosophy; Philosophy of Biology; Evolutionary Biology
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0001-5342
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1572-8358
DOI
10.1007/BF00046788
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Abstract

Classical temples in ancient Greece show two deterministic illusionistic principles of architecture, which govern their functional design: geometric proportionalism and a set of illusion-strengthening rules in the proportionalism's “stochastic margin”. Animal morphology, in its mechanistic-deductive revival, applies just one architectural principle, which is not always satisfactory. Whether a “Greek Classical” situation occurs in the architecture of living structure is to be investigated by extreme testing with deductive methods.

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Acta BiotheoreticaSpringer Journals

Published: Apr 30, 2004

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