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
Evolution Is there a species rank? 8 Jun 200818 Sep 2017 The final of my comments on this topic (see one and two here) addresses the question whether or not there is a rank of species. Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Objecting to the prevailing tide 12 Jun 2009 My friend and costudent of Gareth Nelson, Malte Ebach, persists in his campaign to bring some clarity to evolutionary and systematics thinking. I may not always agree with him, but he’s often clearer on these matters than his targets, so I refer you to his recent post on paraphyletic thinking…. Read More
History Quote 17 May 2009 The custom of making abstract dogmatic assertions is not, certainly, derived from the teaching of Jesus, but has been a widespread weakness among religious teachers in subsequent centuries. I do not think that the word for the Christian virtue of faith should be prostituted to mean the credulous acceptance of… 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.