A Received View paper on species

Posted on December 24, 2009 by John S. Wilkins| 7 Comments

While I have some internet access via my GF (another fortnight! Is this the third world?) I will mention this paper in Evolution: Education and Outreach, on teaching about species. It’s a standard received view version, complete with Plato and all those logicians being read as if they were talking about biological species. Nothing all that deep. [Hat tip Richard Carter]

Enjoy tomorrow’s conspicuous consumption. They way things are going, we may not be able to do this for very many more years…

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7 Responses to A Received View paper on species

  1. darwinsbulldog | December 24, 2009 at 2:48 pm |

    Did I inform you about that paper? Or did you see it in my shared Google Reader items? I just don’t recall sending you the link…

    • John S. Wilkins | December 25, 2009 at 5:23 pm |

      Sorry, I got confused again. I fixed it (not that I don’t read your blog assiduously!)

  2. The Necromancer | December 24, 2009 at 5:36 pm |

    Cool…I can use this paper in my current class. Sometimes it’s good to get back to basics.

    • John S. Wilkins | December 25, 2009 at 5:23 pm |

      Be careful. The historical basics are wrong, and I’m not happy about the metaphysics much, either…

      • Thony C. | December 25, 2009 at 6:40 pm |

        When was a philosopher ever happy about somebody elses metaphysics?

      • John Wilkins | December 25, 2009 at 8:49 pm |

        I’m relatively fond of Locke’s…

      • Thony C. | December 25, 2009 at 11:08 pm |

        Why doesn’t that surprise me?