Another interesting facet of the "natural ontologies" argument is that the history of Zoology is a series of "bug fixes" where we got the ontology wrong. Leavi

Another interesting facet of the "natural ontologies" argument is that the history of Zoology is a series of "bug fixes" where we got the ontology wrong. Leaving out changing requirements and DNA mutations for a second, there have been massive changes to the "official" ontology as we discover new species or examine DNA and have to say "oops, turns out, the platypus doesn't derive from birds at all".