Adaptationism issue of Biology and Philosophy 24 Sep 2009 I don’t have time to read and comment on these now, as I’m gearing up to travel for six weeks around Europe and the US, but those who have access might like to check out the special Adaptationism edition of Biology and Philosophy, edited by Patrick Forber. Biology Evolution Philosophy Science
Greek Words Greek words used in classical philosophy 21 Feb 202225 Apr 2022 I prepared this for an undergraduate class last year. I’m putting it up under the Creative Commons license here for people to use. If you have any suggested terms to add, let me know. I’ll keep it up to date. Read More
Administrative Happenings 21 Jan 2008 So, I just found out that I’m teaching this semester, which is a comfort (money will come in, and we can eat) and a pain (I am going to Arizona in March, so we will have to sort out some guest lectures or something). The subject is philosophy of the… Read More
Evolution A good German site 4 Apr 2008 Evilunderthesun is a German language blog that recently did two things: totally demolished the “Nazism was caused by Darwin” trope, with generous quoting of mich, and educated me that the word for April fool in German is Aprilschmerz, which I really like. Tometheus (Prometheus’ and Epimetheus’ little brother, responsible for… Read More