Ptolemaic incongruity

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-009655",
  "term": "Ptolemaic incongruity",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A fallacy in ecotoxicology of treating one level of biological organisation, whether the molecule, organism, population or ecosystem, as more central than the rest. The name alludes to the Ptolemaic Earth-centred universe, in which a single body was placed at the middle of everything. The corrective view is that effects at every level, from biochemical to community, carry information that the others cannot supply.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 933 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/ptolemaic-incongruity/"
}