Book review: Evidence and Evolution 26 Aug 2009 For those of you who have access to Systematic Biology, my review is here. It is online only so far. Elliot Sober’s book is by far the hardest book I have ever had to review, being one of the most complex and technical of its kind. It took me six months to read it. So I have probably done him all kinds of injustice. I do know that it was rather more negative than I intended it to be. Book Creationism and Intelligent Design Epistemology Evolution Philosophy Science
Epistemology Fishing for philosophy 11 May 2010 Okay, so my last response on Jesus as a philosopher didn’t satisfy Chris Schoen, but then nobody, least of all me or him, thought that I was going to be able to. But I find some interesting misunderstandings. Since the onus for communication lies with the communicator, this is clearly… Read More
Epistemology The evolution of common sense on Scientific American 25 May 201125 May 2011 No, I do not mean that SciAm has finally evolved common sense, which would be an insult for the magazine that I grew up with. Instead quite the opposite: they have published a piece of mine on their Guest Blog on this topic. This indicates a growing lack of common… Read More
Evolution New paper by Wilkins 6 Aug 2008 Wilkins, J.S. (2008). The adaptive landscape of science. Biology & Philosophy. DOI: 10.1007/s10539-008-9125-y This is a paper returning to my roots – the evolutionary view of scientific theory change. My first paper, back in the Jurassic, was a rough and ready attempt to make sense of David Hull’s view of… Read More