Monthly Archives: August 2009
Book review: Evidence and Evolution
For those of you who have access to Systematic Biology, my review is here. It is online only so far. Elliot Sober’s book is by far the hardest book I have ever had to review, being one of the most … Continue reading
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Filed under Book, Creationism and Intelligent Design, Epistemology, Evolution, Philosophy, Science
Tautology 4: What is a tautology?
So, what is the problem, philosophically speaking, with something in science being a tautology?
Filed under Epistemology, Philosophy
In the mind of a microbial paper
Over at Small Things Considered is a point by point explanation and explication of a recent paper. For us nonscientists it’s a useful guide to how papers come to be written, how techniques and subjects are chosen, and so forth. … Continue reading
On Grayling on the Jesuits
A long time ago I would debate the local Jesuits over scotch, when I was still a Christian theology student. I learned two things: 1. those guys could really hold their liquor (I drank much more sparingly); and 2. Jesuits … Continue reading
Filed under History, Philosophy, Religion, Science
Sorry for the repeats
The intarwubs failed me; something to do with a rogue DNS between me and WordPress. So I have deleted the older versions of each post.
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Rudiments and vestiges
A new paper has just come out on the functionality of the human appendix, or cecum (caecum in British biology). The authors, following some work done on appendix function in 2006, have said that the caecum in humans has a … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, Philosophy, Species and systematics, Systematics
The weekend in crazy
See the One Hour Parking Show. And the Washington Post…
Time wasting
Sometimes I am asked why they, the questioner, should bother with philosophical questions. I am often at a loss to say why, because it is so damned obvious to me we must address the metaquestions. So I was pleased to … Continue reading
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