The book characterizes the proximate genus as the directly relevant shared genus when close species are compared in a what-is-it question. Example: What are a human and a horse? The suitable answer is “animal.” In the book’s hierarchy this is the closest common essential category immediately above human.
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The book’s proximate-genus criterion
Proximate and Remote Genus and Differentia
The book characterizes the proximate genus as the directly relevant shared genus when close species are compared in a what-is-it question. Example: What are a human and a horse? The suitable answer is “animal.” In the book’s hierarchy this is the closest common essential category immediately above human.