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'''Linnaean taxonomy''' refers to the taxonomic system developed in the [[18th century]] by [[Carolus Linnaeus]] wherein life forms are classified according to a ranked [[hierarchy]].
The basic hierarchy (leaving out the sub- or super- ranks, and other more technical ranks) is as follows:
* '''Domain'''
** '''Kingdom'''
*** '''Phylum'''
**** '''Class'''
***** '''Order'''
****** '''Family'''
******* '''Genus'''
******** '''Species'''
Linnaean taxonomy was originally developed as a [[physicotheology | physicotheological]] system in which nature was viewed as another testament of [[God]] to be read much like the [[Bible]]. By seeking to document the patterns of concinnity in Creation, Linnaeus and his peers hoped to elucidate the mind of God<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/natursyn.html "Linnaeus' view of nature"], Linné On Line</ref>. It was not originally meant to describe a system of biological descent, which Linnaeus, a devout Christian and creationist<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/bibeltro.html "Faith in the Bible and Creation"], Linné On Line</ref>, would have considered shocking<ref>[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html "Carl Linnaeus"], biography</ref>. Linnaean also applied his taxonomy to [[mineralogy]]<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/mineralog.html "Linnaeus as a minerologist"], Linné On Line</ref>, but that usage has been superseded by [[chemistry | chemical]] classifications.
[[Evolution | Evolutionists]] inherited the Linnaean system from the Christian founders of [[biology]] and tried to adapt it to the Darwinian worldview of ever-transmogrifying species. However, since the Linnaean system describes a fixed creation with no way for members of one order or family to move to another order or family, this Neo-Linnaean Synthesis has always been problematic.
While the system is still in almost universal use for the naming and categorizing of creatures -- especially in the form of the [[binomial nomenclature]], where species are given a scientific, Latinate name comprised of a generic and specific descriptor (e.g. the common [[wombat]] is known as ''Vombatus ursinus'') -- it has largely been replaced as a framework for describing origins by creation science's [[baraminology]] and the evolutionists' [[cladistics]].
== References ==
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The basic hierarchy (leaving out the sub- or super- ranks, and other more technical ranks) is as follows:
* '''Domain'''
** '''Kingdom'''
*** '''Phylum'''
**** '''Class'''
***** '''Order'''
****** '''Family'''
******* '''Genus'''
******** '''Species'''
Linnaean taxonomy was originally developed as a [[physicotheology | physicotheological]] system in which nature was viewed as another testament of [[God]] to be read much like the [[Bible]]. By seeking to document the patterns of concinnity in Creation, Linnaeus and his peers hoped to elucidate the mind of God<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/natursyn.html "Linnaeus' view of nature"], Linné On Line</ref>. It was not originally meant to describe a system of biological descent, which Linnaeus, a devout Christian and creationist<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/bibeltro.html "Faith in the Bible and Creation"], Linné On Line</ref>, would have considered shocking<ref>[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html "Carl Linnaeus"], biography</ref>. Linnaean also applied his taxonomy to [[mineralogy]]<ref>[http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/online/history/mineralog.html "Linnaeus as a minerologist"], Linné On Line</ref>, but that usage has been superseded by [[chemistry | chemical]] classifications.
[[Evolution | Evolutionists]] inherited the Linnaean system from the Christian founders of [[biology]] and tried to adapt it to the Darwinian worldview of ever-transmogrifying species. However, since the Linnaean system describes a fixed creation with no way for members of one order or family to move to another order or family, this Neo-Linnaean Synthesis has always been problematic.
While the system is still in almost universal use for the naming and categorizing of creatures -- especially in the form of the [[binomial nomenclature]], where species are given a scientific, Latinate name comprised of a generic and specific descriptor (e.g. the common [[wombat]] is known as ''Vombatus ursinus'') -- it has largely been replaced as a framework for describing origins by creation science's [[baraminology]] and the evolutionists' [[cladistics]].
== References ==
<references/>