Historical baggage in biology: the case of `higher' and `lower' species
Historical baggage in biology:
the case of `higher' and
`lower' species
Michael Mogie
Because of the historical links between science and religion
(perhaps most evident as natural theology), modern scientific
objectivity can be interpreted as having emerged from a
tradition of teleological explanation. It is unfortunate, but
perhaps not altogether surprising, that echoes of this
tradition continue to be heard in the
