Couple of popular articles of mine 7 Dec 200718 Sep 2017 Anyone who has access to COSMOS magazine, published in Australia, will be able to find an article of mine on what good philosophers of science are for science. If you have a copy, scan it and send it to me, will you? I haven’t seen it yet. Also, I have submitted a piece to Auckland Museum magazine MQ entitled “Buffon: An evolutionary thinker?”. Kiwis should rush to the stands immediately. I have to say that I value opportunities to write for non-academics (or else, why would I blog?). Suffice it to say that I think that philosophers are to science as ornithologists are to birds. We study, try to understand, and occasionally help with conservation. This started life as a three part series on this blog, although it got substantially edited, of course. [Parts one, two, and three]. And no, Buffon was not exactly an evolutionary thinker (this came out of my PhD). Administrative History
Evolution Quetelet and the origin of statistical and population thinking 4 Jun 2009 Adolphe Quetelet is a much overlooked figure in the history of scientific methodology: he marked that populations had distributed properties that were largely constant, even though individuals varied in ways that seemed indeterminate. He noted that hat sizes and belt sizes were constantly distributed in different samples. Will Thomas at… Read More
Epistemology Laws and explanation in history 14 Jun 2009 One of the critical pieces on the philosophy of history was published as Laws and Explanation in History in 1957. Now the hist-analytic site, run by Stephen Bayne, has added the entirety of the book online to its growing list of significant philosophical contributions to the philosophy of history. Links… Read More
Mr Wilikins Sir, Even though I never read it (never at home) I do subscribe to Cosmos (as of today actually because of your recomemndation). Where can one find your erudite article? I looked in “Australia’s top 10 young scientists” but couldn’t find you :o)
Mr Wilikins Sir, Even though I never read it (never at home) I do subscribe to Cosmos (as of today actually because of your recomemndation). Where can one find your erudite article? I looked in “Australia’s top 10 young scientists” but couldn’t find you :o)
Mr Wilikins Sir, Even though I never read it (never at home) I do subscribe to Cosmos (as of today actually because of your recomemndation). Where can one find your erudite article? I looked in “Australia’s top 10 young scientists” but couldn’t find you :o)
Mr Wilikins Sir, Even though I never read it (never at home) I do subscribe to Cosmos (as of today actually because of your recomemndation). Where can one find your erudite article? I looked in “Australia’s top 10 young scientists” but couldn’t find you :o)
Mr Wilikins Sir, Even though I never read it (never at home) I do subscribe to Cosmos (as of today actually because of your recomemndation). Where can one find your erudite article? I looked in “Australia’s top 10 young scientists” but couldn’t find you :o)
As normal, you are correct. Oh I hate COSMOS, can’t even download old articles :o( pre-14. Then again, I am an internet luddite (interlude :O)) so that may just be me. Whatever you rit I agree 137%
As normal, you are correct. Oh I hate COSMOS, can’t even download old articles :o( pre-14. Then again, I am an internet luddite (interlude :O)) so that may just be me. Whatever you rit I agree 137%
As normal, you are correct. Oh I hate COSMOS, can’t even download old articles :o( pre-14. Then again, I am an internet luddite (interlude :O)) so that may just be me. Whatever you rit I agree 137%
As normal, you are correct. Oh I hate COSMOS, can’t even download old articles :o( pre-14. Then again, I am an internet luddite (interlude :O)) so that may just be me. Whatever you rit I agree 137%
As normal, you are correct. Oh I hate COSMOS, can’t even download old articles :o( pre-14. Then again, I am an internet luddite (interlude :O)) so that may just be me. Whatever you rit I agree 137%