Apes don’t read philosophy 8 Aug 2007 I’m home sick, so I’m shirking duties and came across one of my favourite film scenes of all time: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKCZ8-ZAT88] History Logic and philosophy
Evolution Wilkins in the Ukraine, and a special issue on Lyell 28 Sep 201228 Sep 2012 I have been translated again (people never learn). My Macroevolution FAQ: Ukraine translation by Gmail Archive – http://www.stoodio.org/macroevolution. The translator is Vlad Brown, so any errors of fact can now be assigned to someone else… [Thanks Vlad] Also, check out the special issue of the Geological Society of Lond Special… Read More
History A philosophical apology from 1919 for not being pro-war 21 Jan 201221 Jan 2012 Leiter posted the PDF of this on his site. I can’t help but reproduce some of the choicer quotes: “DEAR FRIEND: Your letter gently but un-mistakably intimates that I am a slacker, a slacker in peace as well as in war; that when the World war was raging bitterly I… Read More
Book Rieppel reviews my book 24 Sep 2010 … at Metascience here. The book, of course, is my Species: A history of the idea. The concluding paragraph is this: Does Wilkins deliver on his promise? Does the ‘essentialism story’ capture the essence of the centuries old debate about ‘what is a species’? Wilkins delivers a resounding NO, and… Read More
One of the funniest and most underappreicated comedies of all times. And btw, apes INVENTED philosophy…and are the only known animals to read and write…
For some reason, the thing that always gets me in that scene is when she says “Those are all mistakes. I looked them up.” Cracks me up every time.
Otto’s comment on Archie’s daughter, Portia: “Why did he name her after a car!?” “Fierce Creatures” is also a gem.
I’m shocked, I tell you, SHOCKED! The message of Buddhism ISN’T every man for himself? The next thing you’ll be telling me is that there isn’t a Christian pantheon.