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
Biology What is systematics and what is taxonomy? 5 Feb 201123 Jul 2023 Over the past few years there have been increasing numbers of calls for governments to properly fund systematics and taxonomy (and a number of largely molecular-focused biologists insisting they can do the requisite tasks with magic molecule detectors, so don’t fund old-school, fund new-fangled-tech). But I think that there is… Read More
Evolution Darwin conference at U Chicago 16 Apr 2009 Yes, I know there are thousands of these this year, and by October we’ll all be tired of them, but this one looks like the main game: Darwin/Chicago 2009. I am, of course, upset not to be invited to speak, but there are a few good names there to make… Read More
Evolution Evolution quotes 9 Jun 2010 For although there seems to be so great a difference between widely separate nations, that you might easily take the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope, the Greenlanders, and the Circassians for so many different species of man, yet when the matter is thoroughly considered, you see that all… 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.