Kid’s resource for species 9 Aug 2008 Kids Research Express has a pretty good summary of the issue of species and speciation, which it wouldn’t hurt most people to read. Sure, they repeat the mistake about Plato and typology, but that’s OK. It’s for kids and nonspecialists. We can fix up their errors later when they get the basics. Evolution Species and systematics
Epistemology Tautology 7: Conclusions 6 Sep 2009 So to finish, I will repeat the conclusion, and then make some comments on Fodor’s attack on “Darwinism”. Here is the complete series: The tautology problem Tautology 1a: corrections Tautology 1b: Butler Tautology 2: The problem arises Tautology 3: The problem spreads Tautology 4: What is a tautology? Tautology 5a:… Read More
Evolution An ancient cladogram 29 Apr 200918 Sep 2017 As I investigate the use of tree diagrams in the nineteenth century, I keep running across things that shouldn’t be there. One of them was this book: Herdman, William Abbott. 1885. A Phylogenetic Classification of Animals (For the Use of Students). London; Liverpool: Macmillan & Co.; Adam Holden. It’s on… Read More
Ethics and Moral Philosophy Evolution quotes: Social Darwinism by Haldane 23 Oct 201223 Oct 2012 The actual application of Darwinism to contemporary capitalist society is quite clear. The poor leave more offspring behind them in each generation than the rich. So they are fitter from a Darwinian point of view. And if, on the average, they differ genetically from the rich, their innate characteristics are… Read More
John, are saying that we can teach our children scientific mistakes? Are you making an argument for Framing Science?:)
Who is the target audience? The piece struck me as being written in a fairly dense style, using more vocabulary than necessary, and not reading well. Nothing wrong with making new paragraphs for new subjects.