Even more videos by Adam Ford 15 Sep 201415 Sep 2014 Adam has caught up with the remainder of his interviews with me and put them on Facebook. Once more I remind viewers this was entirely ad hoc and unrehearsed. Late note: I have now added all the videos. Many thanks to Adam. Check out his Youtube feed. Cognition Epistemology Evolution Metaphysics Philosophy Science Sermon Technology
Evolution Early vision was colourful 28 Oct 20074 Oct 2017 UPDATED: To give some of my colleagues at the University of Queensland some link love, it is being reported that they have sequenced the Queensland lungfish (currently under threat by a proposed dam) opsin genes, showing that they see in ultraviolet and visible light, as well as having the ability… Read More
Epistemology My latest paper 15 Feb 2013 Science & Education, February 2013, Volume 22, Issue 2, pp 221-240 Biological Essentialism and the Tidal Change of Natural Kinds John S. Wilkins Abstract The vision of natural kinds that is most common in the modern philosophy of biology, particularly with respect to the question whether species and other taxa are natural kinds, is… Read More
Once more I remind viewers this was entirely ad hoc and unrehearsed. That’s what I particularly like about them.
These are really quite helpful primers, especially for non-philosophers interested in the topics (meaning, of course, myself for example). But the first thought that struck me when I saw the still from the first video I watched was, “Dr. John Wilkins and Bob Mould: separated at birth?”
These videos are quite good. One problem is that you’ve destroyed my image of the ancient, angry silver-back lashing out fools who dare cross his path.;)
I think you’ve found your true metier. You could do for philosophy what Bronowski did for science in The Ascent of Man. You’d need a catchier title, though. Maybe something cool and hip like iThink (if you were angling for sponsorship by Apple)