Abstract
Book Review: “Classifying Reality,” by David S. Oderberg (ed.) (2013)
Highlights
Even the most basic living creatures classify their world as do social collectives of living things, most noticeably, human beings through psychological processes
An example of the rudimentary nature of classification exists in the behavior of slime molds
These single cell organisms can act as a collective and classify correct or incorrect, advantageous or non-advantageous turns in the maze
Summary
Even the most basic living creatures classify their world as do social collectives of living things, most noticeably, human beings through psychological processes. At this rudimentary behavioral level slime mold is able to classify reality in order to bring advantage to the collective. This example demonstrates the fundamental nature of classification as a behavioral and biological process.
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