12 Days to Species publication 3 Feb 2018 Due 15 February! Details here Ecology and Biodiversity Epistemology Metaphysics Philosophy Science Species and systematics Species concept Systematics
Evolution A quote: On philosophers and evolution 23 Mar 2010 Another curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it. I mean philosophers, social scientists, and so on. While in fact very few people understand it, actually, as it stands, even as it stood when Darwin expressed it, and even less as we now may… Read More
History Wittgenstein, transformation, and evolution 31 Jul 201123 Oct 2024 Reposted from my first blog, and edited. When Wittgenstein collaborated for a period with Friederich Waismann, the outcome was an unpublished book, Logik, Sprache, Philosophie. He was working his way from the logical atomism of the Tractatus to the holism of the Philosophical Investigations. They wrote: Our thought here marches with certain views… Read More
Book Darwin worship, and demonisation 6 Jan 2009 I make no secret that I admire Darwin as a historical figure very much, but I recently submitted a paper for an open access journal for science teachers at secondary level named Resonance, entitled “Not Saint Darwin”. I was motivated by some of the rather uncritical, unhistorical and unnecessary examples… Read More