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Taxonomy is the practice and science of classification. The word comes from the Greek τάξις, taxis, 'order' + νόμος, nomos, 'law' or 'science'. Taxonomies, or taxonomic schemes, are composed of taxonomic units known as taxa (singular taxon), or kinds of things that are arranged frequently in a hierarchical structure, typically related by subtype-supertype relationships, also called parent-child relationships. In such a subtype-supertype relationship the subtype kind of thing has by definition the same constraints as the supertype kind of thing plus one or more additional constraints. For example, car is a subtype of vehicle. So any car is also a vehicle, but not every vehicle is a car. Therefore, a thing needs to satisfy more constraints to be a car than to be a vehicle.
Taxonomy Warehouse
Don't you love the serendipity of finding out about new things? This one came from reading an email from Cindy L. Chick regarding http://www...
A Reality TV Taxonomy
In an essay on films that concentrate on memory, Davin Heckman offers this taxonomy of reality TV:
[C]ontemporary reality television shows can be broken down into eight general themes: sociocultural, makeover, survival, professional, romance, fame, reform, and practical joke shows...
A taxonomy of philosophy?
David Chalmers (ANU) is working on a taxomony of philosophy for a new on-line resource. Help him out with feedback here.
A Taxonomy of Legal Blogs
The blog 3L Epiphany has published A Taxonomy of Legal Blogs. This is a very useful list of law related blogs. The sheer number of legal blogs is astonishing...
Reform Treaty: Taxonomy of Competence
One of the most important changes brought about by the Reform-Lisbon treaty is the establishment of a taxonomy of competence: It defines - or at least attempts to - who does what in the EC...
A taxonomy of slippery slope arguments
Eugene Volokh has recently objected to my post deriding the sorts of ?slippery slope? arguments invoked in the ?same-sex marriage? debate...
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