Species concepts and definitions in science As Robbie Burns once noted, the world is full of things. Philosophers and scientists alike ask whether that also…
Published 20 Mar 2023
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Published 27 Feb 2023
Order “Understanding Species” now!
So US is due in April, and Cambridge just sent me the flyer below. Notice how cheap this book is! You can buy 50 for…
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Published 4 Feb 2023
Who invented worldviews?
As a young man/teenager, I heard a lot about worldviews, and didn’t think much of it. The philosophers talked about them, the theologians talked about…
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Published 27 Jan 2023
Don’t use my uni email
Although I am an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne, now that I am no longer employed, the IT department begs to differ, so…
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Published 26 Jan 2023
My Absent Career 14: The final decline
Once the Critical Reasoning project was done (a bit too early due to funding being overspent), I was adrift again, and (quite literally) checking out…
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Published 17 Jan 2023
My Absent Career 13: Critical mass
Having taught critical reasoning and studied the usual logic for philosophy undergrads, I felt that I had a pretty good understanding of logic and reasoning,…
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Published 6 Jan 2023
My Absent Career 12: The aged aged man
Suddenly I was out of work, I could not rejoin the postdoc, and I had to move to Sydney once again, to see if I…
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Published 5 Jan 2023
Advice to a student about essays
In between my absent career path, I just wrote this in reply to a student who wanted advice on their assignments, as they got around…
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Published 3 Jan 2023
My Absent Career 11: Minding the kids
Then something happened. A position came up for a lecturer at Bond University. Paul suggested I apply, as lectureships in Australia in philosophy are like…
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Published 1 Jan 2023
My Absent Career 10: Contra Quality
So, taking this extreme parsimony approach leads me to sharply distinguish between things that are and things we think there are. A good many of…
