Competition winners 2 Nov 20112 Nov 2011 In case people did not notice my announcement in the comments of that post, the winners of a signed copy of my species history book are: Cameron Peters Doug G Elais Jackson Jesse Schaefer Lorax sbh Send me an email with your addresses. I will send the books as soon as I can locate the moving box that has them in. Administrative Species concept
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
Administrative The “who” thread 8 Jul 2010 I am, as they say in The Home Country, gobsmacked. I expected that I would have a few geeks (I’m a Geek! Say it Loud!) who read me because I was sort of interesting. Instead I find Phuds, scientists, philosophers and just plain interesting people. If one is judged by… Read More
Administrative Wilko on Wikio 18 Dec 2007 I received an email telling me I’m number 20 on the list of influential science blogs, according to Wikio, a European site that ranks according to links and readership, I gather. The irony of a philosopher being a high ranked science blogger is not lost upon me, I can tell… Read More
I am glad to see my request to definitively not win has been honoured. Most kind, John. Most kind. Therefore I shall congratulate the winners and tell my 2 and a half year old son to ignore me and do the direct opposite of what I am asking him to do. Two successes in one day, achievable goals, achievable goals… 😉 Louis
Congratulations, winners! I guess I’ll have to resort to stalking John at conferences to get a copy of his book signed :).
I love the idea of a free book, congrats to the winners, and the signature is a bonus, but the burning question is, how much for just the signature, and what is your bank account information?
w00t!!11!! I just want to thank god (aka silverback and his virtual dice) for the win. Don’t know how I previously missed this post .