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Taxonomy vs Withness - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between taxonomy and withness

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while withness is (philosophy) the quality of being or doing with something.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    withness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (philosophy) The quality of being or doing with something.
  • * 2000 , Sharon Warner, Experiencing the Knowing of Faith (page 113)
    • Whitehead passionately denies this premise, and asserts repeatedly that the root of all perception is the "withness of the body." We see with our eyes; we taste with our palate.
  • * 2009 , Eric Manning, Relationscapes: Movement, Art, Philosophy (page 6)
    • Nonetheless, there is an incipient potentiality even here, where the step can move eventfully in a withness of movement moving that exceeds the predomination of the ground: the step can become a spiral.