Category Archives: Basic Concepts
Phil Plait destroys the earth
The Bad Astronomer has a TV show! Bad Universe: I hope it gets to Australia before the Big One hits. [Why can't we do a philosophy show like this? Oh, wait...]
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Thoughts on the periodic table
Eric Scerri has written the definitive history of Mendele’ev’s periodic table and how it came to be formulated. He also has a paper in which he proposes a new formulation, based on historical considerations of what it was that Mendele’ev … Continue reading
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Atavisms and phylogeny
“Everybody knows” that species can lose features through evolution: snakes, whales and sea cows all lost hind limbs. But occasionally, they can “revert”, like the snake shown in the photo below, which has grown one limb. However, many people are … Continue reading
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I have moved the Basic Concepts in Science post
At the last blog, ET2, I maintained a “Basic Concepts in Science” post. At WordPress, I can have pages (i.e., not unlike an ordinary webpage) as well as posts, so I have moved it to here. The main page is … Continue reading
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Basic Concepts: Mathematics, Philosophy, Logic and Computer Science
This is a list of the Basic Concepts posts being put up by Science Bloggers and others. It will be updated and put to the top when new entries are published. If you are not a Scienceblogger, email me and … Continue reading
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Basics: NOT
It is often said that one of the most significant discoveries in mathematics was the concept of zero, in the Indus valley sometime in the pre-Christian era. An equally important concept in logic is the operator NOT. While Aristotle, the … Continue reading
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Basic Concepts in Science: A list
This is a list of the Basic Concepts posts being put up by Science Bloggers and others. It will be updated and put to the top when new entries are published.
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The ontology of biology 1 – What an ontology really is
It has become common in recent years for people to use terms of philosophy in distinct contexts, as it has terms of biology. Thus, ontology has gone the way of taxonomy, being dragooned into service of database techniques, to mean … Continue reading
Filed under Basic Concepts, Evolution, Social evolution, Species and systematics
Basic Concepts: Medicine, Psychology and Psychiatry
This is a list of the Basic Concepts posts being put up by Science Bloggers and others. It will be updated and put to the top when new entries are published. If you are not a Scienceblogger, email me and … Continue reading
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Basic Concepts: Historical and social sciences
This is a list of the Basic Concepts posts being put up by Science Bloggers and others. It will be updated and put to the top when new entries are published. If you are not a Scienceblogger, email me and … Continue reading
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