Ithaca 1 Oct 2009 ?? ????? ???? ??????? ??? ??? ?????, ?? ??????? ?? ‘??? ?????? ? ??????, ??????? ???????????, ??????? ??????? When you depart for Ithaca, wish for the road to be long, full of adventure, full of knowledge. [C. P. Cavafy, found courtesy of John Lynch] Philosophy
Evolution Notre Dame conference – the washup 3 Nov 2009 It’s been a great conference. Simon Conway Morris was fun (but wrong! It’s OK, he says I am too). Peter Bowler’s talk on “what-if history” – what if Darwin had drowned on the Beagle? was actually interesting and raised some nice points about both the nature of the theory of… Read More
Biology Book review: Understanding Evolution 15 Apr 201415 Apr 2014 I posted this on Panda’s Thumb, but I thought I would repeat it here. I occasionally get books for review unsolicited, and many of them are not worth noticing. However, Kostas Kampourakis’ Understanding Evolution is a wonderful resource for students of all kinds, including biology students. Kampourakis, a philosopher at Geneva, has… Read More
Epistemology Spirits and Souls 18 Jun 201122 Jun 2018 Does Calamities of Nature read this blog? Or just Sean Carroll? Read More
There is a recitation of the poem by Sean Connery and Vangelis . See also Waiting for the Barbarians . The poetry of Cavafy, a fellow Alexandrian tormented soul, is interesting and worth checking out to say the least.