A Received View paper on species 24 Dec 2009 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… Education Species and systematics Species concept
Education Dibs and dobs 28 Oct 2008 One of the downsides to being old is that your favourite teachers die. I learned most of what I know about the Empiricists, in particular John Locke, from a book by C. B. Martin, who passed away recently. Hat tip to Leiter. I didn’t know he spent so much time… Read More
Evolution Huxley on species 14 Sep 201114 Sep 2011 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) on April 30, 1863. My dear Kingsley … With respect… Read More
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…