Administrative Don’t use my uni email [do] 27 Jan 202319 Apr 2023 Although I am an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne, now that I am no longer employed, the IT department begs to differ, so I have lost my uni email access for a while. Later: IT and the uni have permitted me to be listed as an honorary fellow… Continue Reading
Administrative Admin notice 8 Mar 20218 Mar 2021 Just so you all know: I have been given a part-time formal position for a couple of years teaching at the University of Melbourne. Concurrently, I have been preparing two book chapters, editing a book, and writing a book. So ET has been rather neglected. My apologies. It will resume… Continue Reading
Administrative Launching Species 14 Feb 201827 Feb 2019 WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder It’s out! Get it here. Hardback and Ebook. Continue Reading
Administrative YAD (yet another delay) 16 Nov 201716 Nov 2017 So, I have been lax in posting lately. I ate’nt dead. I have been checking the proofs for my book, revising a chapter in a book, and revising a paper on species (or the lack of them as a theoretical category). Also, I’ve been running the AAHPSSS website and helping… Continue Reading
Administrative I have updated my blogroll 28 Sep 2017 It was very sad to see how many of my favourite blogs and sites no longer exist, but I checked them all. If you have any blogs I should add to this list, let me know. Continue Reading
Administrative We’re back! 2 Feb 20152 Feb 2015 Thanks to the generosity of three donors – Neil, James and Ben – I have enough to pay the rent on this place. Now I have to do some writing. Problem is I’m time poor, so I thought I’d write up some of my lecture notes as posts. Expect some… Continue Reading
Administrative Evolving Thoughts may close soon 31 Jan 2015 I know I have been remiss in not updating ET for a while. I am working in a very hard boring (lowly paid) job and my mind is not roaming as far as it used to right now. However, the fees for the domain and hosting are due, and I… Continue Reading
Administrative And now for something not entirely different 23 Nov 201323 Nov 2013 My first ink: Magritte Python! Continue Reading
Administrative Update 18 Jun 2013 As readers may have noticed, I have been pretty inactive here lately. This is because I have been finishing a book and sending it off to the publishers, which was achieved about 8 hours ago. The book is titled The Nature of Classification, and it will come out from Palgrave Macmillan…. Continue Reading
Administrative Does anyone want to pay me for this blog? 22 Mar 2013 I will have received a lot of requests to revive the blog, which is very gratifying, but to be venal about it puts no money in my pocket. So if anyone wants a philosophy of science, especially biology and the social aspects of science, blog for their stable, the way… Continue Reading