Darwin as a historiographer 9 Nov 200818 Sep 2017 I was very pleased to receive today my copy of this book: A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography, edited by A. Tucker. Chichester UK: Wiley-Blackwell. I got it because on pp 405-415 is my essay “Darwin”, which I am rather proud of. I have long thought that Darwin as a philosopher of history is undervalued, but much more interesting than Hegel or Marx. Anyway, if you don’t tell anyone, I have made a rough scan available here, although you really ought to make your library buy a copy. Book History
History Sarkar on Fuller 11 Aug 2008 Steven (“Steve”) Fuller is a well known sociologist of science (he began as a philosopher of science but is presently employed by the University of Warwick as a sociologist). He is widely credited for the subject and journal of Social Epistemology. He is also the guy who wrote several hundred… Read More
Epistemology Classification and the DSM 24 Dec 201227 Jan 2013 More from my forthcoming book with Malte Ebach. Last post for the year, folks. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders This text, known by its acronym the DSM (-I, -II-, III or -IV, and -V due in 2013), is the main standard classification of mental illness and disorders… Read More
Biology Darwinism entry revised at SEP 19 Jan 2010 Jim Lennox, who is, among other things, the go-to guy on Aristotle’s biology (at least I went to him whenever I needed to grok some aspect of The Philosopher), is also a well-respected general historian of biological ideas. He has revised his “Darwinism” entry at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,… Read More
It all seems so much clearer to me now. I really learned a great deal from this. Don’t tell anyone, but I am going to print a copy of this and save it. Thanks, John.
It all seems so much clearer to me now. I really learned a great deal from this. Don’t tell anyone, but I am going to print a copy of this and save it. Thanks, John.
It all seems so much clearer to me now. I really learned a great deal from this. Don’t tell anyone, but I am going to print a copy of this and save it. Thanks, John.