False botanists 1 May 2009 … says Linnaeus: False BOTANISTS proclaim the Laws of the Art before they have learned them: Extol absurd Authors, and are jealous of the excellent ones: Steal from others, producing nothing of their own: Boast much of a little knowledge: Pretend they have discovered a natural Method: Assert the Genera to be arbitrary. [System Vegetabilis 1774, §27] I wonder who he is talking about. History Species and systematics
Species and systematics What is a theoretical object? 2 Jun 200818 Sep 2017 So, in the last episode, you’ll recall that the dastardly villain “theory” has relinquished its grip on species in a cliffhanger. But that raises a few questions. What, for instance, is it to be a theoretical object? Read More
General Science Lehrer on sociology 25 Apr 2008 I am not being discipline-centric, no, not at all. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX5II-BJ8hI&hl=en] This one’s for Eli Gerson… Read More
Administrative 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… Read More