Taxonomy is a science, but its application to classification involves a great deal of human contrivance and ingenuity, in short, of art. In this art there is leeway for personal taste, even foibles, but there are also canons that help to make some classifications better, more meaningful, more useful than others.


Principles of Animal Taxonomy, From Taxonomy to Classification (p. 107)

George Gaylord Simpson Quotes

Taxonomy is a science, but its application to classification involves a great deal of human contrivance and ingenuity, in short, of art. In this art...

Taxonomy is a science, but its application to classification involves a great deal of human contrivance and ingenuity, in short, of art. In this art...

Taxonomy is a science, but its application to classification involves a great deal of human contrivance and ingenuity, in short, of art. In this art...

Taxonomy is a science, but its application to classification involves a great deal of human contrivance and ingenuity, in short, of art. In this art...