A review at Arnhart 18 Sep 2009 and a fair one I think. Not that I agree with him about Darwin, but there’s room for honest disagreement. Species concept
Administrative Travel Diary 12: Berkeley 5 Nov 2009 Today I had the pleasure of meeting my editor, Chuck Crumly, of University of California Press, who noted that my book is now an e-book. And cheaper than the printed version, too. Chuck, to no surprise from me, is an erudite and enthusiastic science fan, and Yet Another Nice Guy,… Read More
Biology Evolution quote: Sirks and Zirkle 25 Apr 201125 Apr 2011 At this point it might be well to insert a fact that has generally been overlooked by the historians of biology. The pre-evolutionary concept of species is generally given as a universally accepted view that species were constant and true breeding forms. Actually, the idea that species were completely stable… Read More
Biology David Hull’s philosophy 12 Aug 2010 David Hull was one of the first graduates from the University of Indiana’s HPS program. During that program he attended a seminar with Karl Popper in the course of which he wrote a paper on essentialism in biology. Popper took it upon himself to send this, without telling Hull, to… Read More
I can’t comment on the review or the book (Species) because Species has not arrived in my college library. When it arrives and I read it, I will offer comments.
It’s a blog in-joke. I won’t get stuck into Chris Mooney’s and Sheril Kirshenbaum’s Unscientific America until I actually read it, and a number of people have said I don’t need to because I’ve read their blog.