Até onde vai o meme: o problema da unidade e o problema da ontologia

Authors

  • Gustavo Leal-Toledo Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei – UFSJ
  • Mateus Machado Pinto de Almeida Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei – UFSJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1808-1711.2016v20n2p239

Abstract

Since it was first proposed, Memetics had to deal with a variety of criticism. This article discusses two of them, namely, the problem of meme unit and the problem of meme ontology. In both cases the answer to the type of problem raised will follow the same reasoning: to show that much of the criticism could also be made to evolutionary biology, especially in its origins, and show that finished answers are not necessary to allow us to develop research in memetics.

Author Biographies

Gustavo Leal-Toledo, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei – UFSJ

Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei – UFSJ

Mateus Machado Pinto de Almeida, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei – UFSJ

Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei – UFSJ

Published

2016-05-23

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