Konrad Lorenz – a lecture 24 Sep 2009 As I noted before, Paul Griffiths gave a lecture on Konrad Lorenz. The podcast is up now. Sydney Ideas Key Thinkers: Konrad Lorenz Professor Paul Griffiths delivers his 2009 Sydney Ideas Key Thinkers lecture on the remarkable life and legacy of Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989), Austrian zoologist, animal psychologist, ornithologist, and Nobel Prize winner. (September 09, 2009. Running time 59min, 28mb MP3) Ecology and Biodiversity Evolution History Philosophy
History Quote 17 May 2009 The custom of making abstract dogmatic assertions is not, certainly, derived from the teaching of Jesus, but has been a widespread weakness among religious teachers in subsequent centuries. I do not think that the word for the Christian virtue of faith should be prostituted to mean the credulous acceptance of… Read More
Biology Natural classification 23 Jan 201423 Jan 2014 It occurs to me that I haven’t plugged my own book here. What a failure on my part! It was published in December, so it is really time I did so. In this book, Malte Ebach and I discuss a topic not often discussed in the philosophy of science: the… Read More
History Render Caesar 14 May 200818 Sep 2017 In a famous skit, Wayne and Schuster had Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife, saying “Julie, don’t go! It’s the Ides of March!” Now we can see why Julie went. He was old, and worried… This is a bust of Julius Caesar in his “old age” (old age be damned. He looks younger… Read More