Monthly Archives: September 2011
Huxley on species
I bought a fine copy of the Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley in 3 volumes. On page 343f of volume I I find his thoughts on speciation, addressed to the Rev. Charles Kingsley (author of the Water Babies) … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, History, Natural Classification, Species concept
Wow, I’m a finalist at 3QD!
I made the cut! I’d like to thank the Academy…
Filed under Administrative, Philosophy
I’m a 3QD Philosophy Prize semifinalist
You no longer can vote for me, but I made the cut for this post on phenomena, so I think you should go read some cool philosophy posts while we wait for the editors to pick six entries to send … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative, Philosophy
Goodbye freedom
Ten years ago tomorrow tonight I was watching an episode of West Wing, and, as I do, channel surfing during the ads. One channel showed a fire in the World Trade Centre, which less than a month earlier I had … Continue reading
The taxonomy of disease
A letter in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery has argued that it is time to reform the taxonomy of disease. The authors are Ismail Kola, head of a pharmaceutics company, and Sir John Bell, Regius Professor at Oxford. The taxonomy of … Continue reading
Filed under Biology, General Science, Natural Classification, Systematics
On sources
Jeb McLeish sent me a link to this rather fascinating monograph, which translates Isidore of Seville’s medical section of the Etymologiae (c632), with an extensive foreword by the translator, William D. Sharpe. I recommend the introduction as a summary of the … Continue reading
